Employees of The Apothecarium Dispensary in Cumberland, Maryland, voted 25-0 to form a union with United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 27.
The Apothecarium’s retail workers unionized “to address longstanding issues, including poor wages, unaffordable benefits, safety concerns and a lack of support from the parent company, TerrAscend Corp.,” the union said in a news release.
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The UFCW said the workers’ unionization, which began June 11, came despite “some opposition and disinformation from the company.”
In a June 29 post on its Facebook page, the union accused Ontario, Canada-based TerrAscend of allowing poor working conditions at the Cumberland location.
“The workers had been increasingly agitated about their pay and working conditions since TerrAscend Corp. bought Allegany Medical Marijuana Dispensary,” the post
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