NATIONAL LABOR BOARD VETOES UNIONIZATION WORKERS AT CHESTER MARIJUANA GROWER:
An attempt to unionize workers at a medical marijuana facility near Philadelphia was dismissed after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that the employees who were trying to organize there were agricultural workers. AgriKind owns a cannabis growing operation in Chester. It’s parent company has an interest in one of the Pennsylvania Clinical Registrant growers, which works with Drexel University to develop medical marijuana studies. It also plans to open a dispensary in Chester in March. Two AgriKind employees, a trimmer and a cultivation associate, attempted to establish a union shop there under the auspices of the United Food and Commercial Workers 1776. Labor peace agreements (LPAs), which clear the way for collective bargaining, are mandatory for legal cannabis producers in California, said Steven Schain, an attorney with Hoban Law. which focuses on marijuana and hemp law. “Under New Jersey’s pending adult-use statute, LPAs are required for all prospective applicants to grow, with the exception of microbusinesses. There are not requirements for LPAs in Pennsylvania.”
