JEFFERSON CITY — Staff at a St. Louis medical marijuana dispensary are looking for to unionize in what a union official says might be the primary illustration election involving staff in Missouri’s authorized hashish business.
Bernadette Faure, a product specialist at Swade Cannabis in the Grove, stated following an organizing marketing campaign, staff on Thursday submitted a petition for a union election to firm administration and the Nationwide Labor Relations Board.
An election administered by the NLRB is usually held inside 45 days, stated Collin Reischman, spokesman for Native 655 of the United Meals and Industrial Staff, which is looking for to characterize the employees in bargaining negotiations.
Faure stated six product specialists are a part of the proposed bargaining unit.
She stated the workers had not obtained a response from administration as of Thursday afternoon. Swade is a model of Earth Metropolis-based Beleaf Co.
The corporate didn’t instantly reply to an e mail on Thursday. A spokesperson for the NLRB additionally didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
“We actually current this as a chance to the corporate to retain us long run,” Faure stated. “We love our jobs and we wish to safe them into the longer term, however we would like it to be by a contracted deal that we’ve in writing and that may’t be modified with out our authorization.”
