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Employees at Cresco Labs Inc.‘s CL CRLBF 6CQ, the Massachusetts-based cannabis cultivation operations voted overwhelmingly to approve their first union contract with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 328 more than three years ago. Now, the growers, supervisors and other agricultural workers at Cresco’s operations opted to reverse the process.
With their contract nearing the June expiration date, the workers decided to de-unionize, instead of negotiating another organized labor deal, according to documents obtained by MJBizDaily.
Wyatt Brissette, an employee at the Chicago-based multi-state cannabis operator who is behind the movement, said the scheduled wage increases were not in accordance with inflation, while promised benefits were “arguably worse” than for nonunion workers.
“We felt as if (the union) didn’t match what we needed,” Brissette, who was supported by a majority of his co-workers said. “We were pretty much paying them for nothing.”
He also noted that “an overwhelming number of people” were ready to “put it back into Cresco’s hands.”
Lindsey Dadourian, senior vice president of employee and labor relations at Cresco, praised the move.
“We are very proud that our employees in Fall River have signaled their trust in Cresco by choosing to work directly with us,” Dadourian told MJBizDaily.”We will continue to support
