Labor organizers secured new contract agreements at multistate operator-owned cannabis dispensaries in Illinois and in New Jersey, union officials announced this week.
In Illinois, workers at Zen Leaf dispensaries in Chicago and Schaumburg reached a tentative contract agreement with parent company Verano Holdings, according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 777.
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The agreement includes pay increases of up to 20% over the next three years as well as employer-funded retirement contributions, the union said in a news release.
Employees must still approve the deal via a majority vote.
In New Jersey, workers at the Cannabist dispensary in Deptford voted unanimously to approve a contract, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 360.
Cannabist is owned by New York-based MSO Columbia Care, whose blockbuster merger with Chicago-based Cresco Labs remains up in the air.
The Deptford location is the first unionized Columbia Care
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