On March 6, 2017, Frito-Lay employee Caity Renfro was getting ready for her 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. shift at the local plant when tornado warnings were issued for Shawnee County.
Renfro, of Silver Lake, said she was in the direct path of a tornado, so she took shelter at home instead of making the nearly 20-mile drive to work. The coordinator on our shift at that time tried to reach out to me, she said. He didn t want people to be worried about calling in because he thought that the clause in the contract would cover that, where it specifies that something way out of your control would not be considered an attendance issue.
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Despite being the first state to legalize recreational marijuana, Colorado still doesn t have a certified marijuana workers union. That could change, though, if a National Labor Relations Board hearing goes favorably for a group of workers at a Denver cultivation warehouse.
After a hearing scheduled for March 11, the National Labor Relations Board will decide whether workers at a Denver marijuana grow owned by TweedLeaf will be recognized for a union certification vote with the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco, and Grain Millers Union Local 26 chapter. If the NLRB approves the move and 75 percent of the growing operation s employees vote in favor of certification, the TweedLeaf employees would become the first marijuana workers union in Colorado, after several failed attempts across the state.