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Employees at a Massachusetts marijuana cultivation and processing facility ratified their first collective bargaining agreement, 10 months after being the first cannabis workers in the state to vote to unionize.
The three-year labor contract at Sira Naturals in Milford will cover about 120 workers, said Gabriel Camacho, organizing/political director for the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1445.
“It was ratified by an overwhelming vote, close to 90%,” after a series of Zoom meetings just before Labor Day weekend, Camacho told The Milford Daily News.
He said the agreement includes wage increases of 50 cents to a $1 an hour, annual pay hikes, health-care options, a 401(k) retirement plan and a three-step grievance procedure.
Workers at several other Massachusetts cannabis facilities have voted to join the UFCW in recent months, including:
NETA dispensary employees voted against unionizing, but the union has charged the company with coercive anti-bargaining tactics.
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