By Sabrina Eaton Source: Cleveland.com Legislation that would let cannabis companies access the banking system got its first-ever Senate hearing on Thursday. Although marijuana has been legalized or decriminalized in many states, legal cannabis businesses’ inability to access the banking system forces many to “operate in the shadows,” observed Senate [...]
By Marta Hill Source: Boston.com Massachusetts’ crop with the highest cash crop value is not what you might expect: according to Leafly, a cannabis discovery site, cannabis comes out on top of the rankings. According to Leafly’s 2022 Harvest Report, the dollar value associated with adult-use cannabis products in the [...]
Source: UFCW Western States Council Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Western States Council applauded the California State Senate’s passage of AB 2188 (Quirk), which would prohibit employers from discriminating against employees who use cannabis off the job and away from the worksite by using out-dated urine testing [...]
By Ron Davis Source: Phoenix Business Journal United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 99, which is representing Curaleaf's Midtown workers, said the next step is getting in touch with Curaleaf owners and setting up a time to start the negotiation process. Read the full article
By Ahmad Austin Jr. Source: Daily Journal United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 152 has its first cannabis workers. More than 60 employees from The Botanist, a cannabis dispensary operating out of Egg Harbor Township, joined the EHT-based labor union in January. Once certificated, representatives from the union will begin negotiating [...]
There were big expectations for the cannabis-infused food and beverage space leading up to the start of last year. Venture capital investment was increasing, seasoned executives were jumping into the trendy space and established players pledged to launch products. But 2020 was not the breakout year for cannabis that some had [...]