Upwards of 300 employees at approximately two dozen cannabis stores in Quebec went on strike over the weekend after the province-run Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) suspended the union’s leadership, along with 75 employees, over apparent dress-code violations, according to the union representing the workers.
It’s believed to be one of the largest labor actions to date in the Canadian or U.S. cannabis industries.
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In a news release, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said that “this work stoppage follows the suspension of the president of the union, the vice-president as well as 75 employees on the grounds that they wore dresses and Bermuda shorts as means of pressure rather than the black pants and sweater required.”
The workers started the strike Friday night.
The union said the action included 300 workers, but the SQDC put the number at roughly 250 employees.
A spokesperson for the SQDC, which
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