Most marijuana workers in California don’t make enough money to meet living-wage standards across much of the state, but unionization provides a path to stability, according to a new report.
Cannabis workers in the state earn a median hourly wage of $19.50, above California’s minimum wage and median wages in retail and delivery.
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However, nearly 43% of women, 29% of men and 81% of gender-nonconforming workers said they had trouble paying for food or groceries within the past year, according to a survey of 1,100 marijuana employees by the UCLA Labor Center and grassroots research hub Cannabis Worker Collab.
Unionization has made a difference in whether cannabis workers get raises and receive employer-provided health insurance, according to the report, which found that 20%
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