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After unionization wave, hard work of bargaining begins

Hundreds of newly unionized workers in Chicago are now beginning to negotiate a first contract with their employers. But the process can take years.

Only a few cannabis workers in Illinois are unionized 2 years after full legalization. Organizers say corporate owners have put up fierce resistance.

"A lot of people running the industry don’t really seem to care about even just the culture and the benefits of cannabis, let alone their employees’ wellbeing," said a budtender at Curaleaf’s Weed Street dispensary in Goose Island.

Workers at second Chicago weed dispensary vote to unionize

Movement grows to unionize Illinois cannabis industry

Seeking higher pay, career advancement and better protection from the COVID-19 pandemic, cannabis workers from Chicago to Springfield have begun to unionize, planting a seed that could reshape the fast-growing marijuana labor landscape.

As Illinois weed sales boom, cannabis industry faces growing movement to unionize

ROBERT CHANNICK Chicago Tribune The Illinois weed industry, fresh off surpassing $1 billion in revenue during its first year of recreational marijuana sales, may already be facing its “Norma Rae” moment of union awakening. Seeking higher pay, career advancement and better protection from the COVID-19 pandemic, cannabis workers from Chicago to Springfield have begun to unionize, planting a seed that could reshape the fast-growing marijuana labor landscape. “The industry has unfortunately just provided jobs, and not the well-paying careers that we all thought cannabis was going to generate,” said Moises Zavala, director of organizing at Local 881 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which is representing cannabis workers in Illinois.

As Illinois weed sales boom, cannabis industry faces growing movement to unionize

Weed St. dispensary workers slam 'corporate overlords' opposing unionization effort — but say it's unclear who's actually in charge

Tom Schuba/Sun-Times Employees of a Weed Street dispensary slammed their “corporate overlords” on Wednesday for allegedly pushing back against their unionization push — though it’s unclear who’s currently running the pot shop in Goose Island. During a news conference Wednesday outside Windy City Cannabis, 923 W. Weed St., two workers said they’re organizing to fight for better wages and bonuses, added job security and considerations to keep workers safe amid the pandemic. “We’re in the middle of a terrible recession and workers are always the people who are going to face the brunt of it,” Jake Lytle, a product specialist, told reporters. “So we need to make sure that we can keep ourselves protected.”