One of the biggest labor actions involving a U.S. marijuana company has been resolved.
Employees at three Chicago-area Green Thumb Industries-owned Rise cannabis stores organized by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the company agreed to a multiyear contract this week, union officials told MJBizDaily on Friday.
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The deal follows months of negotiations that were interrupted in April by a nearly two-week-long strike by the nearly 100 workers employed at the Rise stores in Joliet and Napier.
The strike is believed to be the longest work stoppage in marijuana industry history.
“The workers fought a really long time to get a contract, but they all stuck through it because they really like this industry and they want to stay in this industry,” Jim Glimco, president of Teamsters Local 777, told MJBizDaily.
“They like this company, too, but they want it to be better,” he added.
“They
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