A protest is expected to greet customers visiting Curaleaf Holdings’ marijuana store on Camelback Road in Phoenix on Saturday – the 4/20 unofficial cannabis holiday and one of the busiest days of the year for retailers.
That’s because the New York-based multistate operator canceled a planned employee raise after federal labor regulators in February ordered Curaleaf to begin long-delayed contract negotiations, according to a Wednesday news release from the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 99.
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The demonstration is planned from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Curaleaf store at 1040 Camelback Road in Phoenix.
In a Thursday statement to MJBizDaily, a Curaleaf spokesperson denied the union’s allegations and said the store would work to “minimize the impact this will have on
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