“Thanks to the recent NLRB ruling we have the opportunity to sit at the table and make it better for us and the others to come.”
By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent
Katie Hazelwonder was ready for a change after 12 years working as a welder. The opportunity came unexpectedly, when one day she walked into a Proper Cannabis dispensary in St. Louis.
“The people were great,” Hazelwonder said. “They were just so nice and welcoming, and no judgment. I was like, ‘You know what, I’m gonna look into this.’”
Eighteen months later, she’s a trainer in Proper’s post-harvest department, where the workers largely process and package marijuana products.
“I love it here,” she said. “We truly are a family, and I plan on retiring from Proper someday. But at the same time, we deserve better.”
Hazelwonder was “absolutely heartbroken,” she said, when she saw the size of her department’s recent raises. While other departments at Proper’s cultivation facility received raises in dollar amounts, she says her team was given “under 50 cents.”
Hazelwonder and 45 other workers in the post-harvest department filed a petition this week to hold an election to unionize, hoping to push for better pay, job security
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