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Workers at the Cannabist Company CBSTF in North Hollywood and Studio City, Los Angeles voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 630. The 60 new Teamsters work as budtenders at both locations. Last October, workers at the Cannabist facility in Vineland, also voted to join United Food and Commercial Workers Local 152.
“I want to welcome our new members from The Cannabist Company in North Hollywood and Studio City into Teamsters Local 630 in Los Angeles,” stated Lou Villalvazo, secretary-treasurer at Local 630. “We are ready to start negotiations and will be reaching out to the company soon to start the process. Our experience in the cannabis industry will ensure that our new members’ voices will be heard with a collective bargaining agreement that guarantees them dignity and respect.”
According to the press release, cannabis workers voted to organize to improve their pay and working conditions, gain respect from their employer and have a voice in the workplace.
“The organizing momentum that we’re seeing in the cannabis industry stems from the fact that cannabis workers—like all other workers—want stability and to be treated with dignity and respect, and they know a Teamsters contract is how they get it,” Peter Finn, Teamsters Western Region International VP and Food Processing division director said in a statement “We are thrilled to welcome
