[PRESS RELEASE] – FREDERICK, Md., April 14, 2025 – On April 11, frontline staff on the gLeaf Hashish dispensary in Frederick, Md., filed a petition with the Nationwide Exertions Members of the family Board (NLRB) to shape a union with the United Meals and Industrial Staff (UFCW) Native 27 union. This marks a vital step for the workers, who’re searching for task safety, truthful pay, more secure operating prerequisites and an actual voice within the administrative center.
The employees say consistent adjustments and confusion following an organization transition have left them within the crossfire of disorganized decision-making. As operations proceed to shift, workers are calling for balance, appreciate and a seat on the desk.
The gLeaf dispensary is owned through The Cannabist Co., one of the crucial biggest hashish operators within the U.S., with 89 amenities national—together with 70 dispensaries and 19 cultivation and production websites.
“We’re the union for hashish staff, and we’re pleased with the hardworking workforce at gLeaf who got here in combination to call for a greater long term,” UFCW Native 27 President Jason Chorpenning mentioned. “Those hashish corporations generate thousands and thousands in earnings each month—all off the backs of devoted staff. It’s time the ones staff were given their justifiable share: a dwelling salary, sturdy advantages, actual work-life steadiness and a protected administrative center. UFCW Native 27 is able to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them. As a result of once we combat, we win.”
UFCW Native 27 represents hundreds of staff throughout Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic, together with a unexpectedly rising collection of workers within the hashish trade, together with organizing 4 dispensaries in Maryland final 12 months. The union has been at the leading edge of organizing and regulation efforts to make sure hashish staff have the protections, improve and dignity they deserve on this fast-expanding sector.
The Frederick gLeaf staff sign up for a wave of hashish workers around the nation status up for higher prerequisites and forming unions. UFCW Native 27 and the gLeaf workforce are able to construct a brighter, extra safe long term in combination—rooted in equity, transparency and appreciate.
