Unionized workers at a Curaleaf Holdings marijuana store in Arizona remain without a contract despite a brief 4/20 protest on Saturday.
The demonstration at the company’s Camelback and Midtown locations in Phoenix by United Food and Commercial Workers-represented workers drew supportive local elected officials but has so far failed to break a yearslong impasse.
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According to the Arizona Republic, about two dozen workers picketed for two hours in 90-degree temperatures outside the Camelback location on 4/20, the busiest day of the year for marijuana retailers.
‘Not asking for the moon’
“They’re not asking for the moon,” said Democratic state Rep. Oscar De Los Santos, one of two state representatives to appear in support of UFCW Local 99, the newspaper reported.
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