Nearly 50 employees from Advance Grow Labs have formed the first cannabis union in Connecticut, according to the union.
Forty-eight employees from the company’s cultivation operation in West Haven joined the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 919, according to a news release.
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“We are excited to bargain a contract and set the standard for all cannabis workers in this state,” UFCW Local 919 President Mark Espinosa said, according to the news release.
“We know there is strength in numbers, and now many workers to come will benefit from the hard work done by these workers at Advanced Grow Labs.”
Advance Grow Labs, which was acquired by Chicago-based multistate operator Green Thumb Industries in a deal initially valued at $80 million in 2019, is one of only four companies in Connecticut licensed to grow and process cannabis.
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