As legalized marijuana sweeps the country, unions are desperately trying to organize everyone from the grower to the seller. The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union which has 1.3 million members across multiple fields from grocery store workers to meatpackers are on the forefront of the movement. UFCW already claims tens of thousands of…

The legalization of recreational pot in California has caused unions to scramble for influence in the industry which is projected to top $7 billion in sales in California alone by 2020. In an effort to get ahead of competition, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union has implemented a “bud tenders” apprenticeship program, similar to…

An employer found a bag of marijuana beneath empty chairs where an employee and co-worker had recently sat. The employer investigated the situation, individually interviewing the employee and co-worker. During the investigation, the employee invoked her Weingarten rights and requested a union representative. The Company obliged. After the interview, the employee went to lunch and…

A carpenter hired by Circus Circus Casinos in Las Vegas to work on guest rooms complained during a safety meeting that workers were exposed to secondhand marijuana smoke while performing work in rooms and he was concerned that this exposure could cause a positive drug test. The carpenter was later discharged for another reason and…

Several states and now the NLRB are trying to reap the rewards of the growing legalized marijuana trend across the United States – an industry that is currently worth about $1.5 billion and expected to grow to $6 billion by 2018. Marijuana remains illegal under federal law despite some states legalizing the growth, cultivation, possession,…