Workers at the Sunnyside marijuana retail store in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, voted unanimously to join Teamsters Local 777.
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Sunnyside is owned and operated by Cresco Labs, a multistate operator based in Chicago.
It’s the third Sunnyside location to join the Teamsters since September, according to a news release, following stores in Champaign and Schaumberg.
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“Workers at this dispensary and throughout the industry deserve to be protected, so we can provide the best possible care for our patients,” Drake Austin, a wellness adviser at Sunnyside’s Buffalo Grove shop, said in a statement.
Teamsters Local 777 has been active in the Illinois cannabis market this year, having also unionized retail workers at Enlightened, Rise, Verilife and Zen Leaf.
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