A Michigan cannabis company is attempting to thwart a unionization effort using a novel tactic: convincing the Trump administration that cannabis workers don’t enjoy federal labor law protections because cannabis is illegal under federal law.
If the argument that Ann Arbor-based Exclusive Brands recently presented to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is successful, workers across the $32 billion national market could see their rights and protections weakened, observers told MJBizDaily.
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It’s believed to be the first time a cannabis company has tried to cite federal marijuana prohibition to avoid unionization, several observers told MJBizDaily.
Such a finding would require the NLRB to contradict itself and declare, after years of recognizing cannabis worker unions, that it was incorrect and that the National Labor
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