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New Year, New Laws: Weed workers’ rights kick in, and more

California blazes a trail yet again. The post New Year, New Laws: Weed workers’ rights kick in, and more appeared…

10 months ago

New Yorkers may soon be buying weed from union budtenders. Here’s why

New York established the nation’s first cannabis market with labor peace agreements. Here’s how that could affect the entire industry…

2 years ago

California enacts cannabis users’ right to work law

The law ends decades of discrimination against thousands of workers per year. The post California enacts cannabis users’ right to…

2 years ago

Newsom Signs Bill Protecting California Workers Who Smoke Off-the-Clock

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed several bills into law designed to “strengthen California’s cannabis laws, expand the legal…

2 years ago

Illinois Proposal to Bar Employers from Firing Workers Over Pot Advances

The legislation passed in the Illinois House of Representatives on Thursday and arrived in the state Senate the following day.…

3 years ago

Worker Illegally Fired from Cannabis Company for Union Involvement Wins Job Back

On December 29, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 328—representing roughly 11,000 Rhode Island and Massachusetts frontline workers—announced a…

3 years ago