Teamsters Local 630 Successfully Organizes
Two Dispensaries in One Day
LOS
ANGELES, May 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Workers
at The Cannabist Company in North
Hollywood and Studio City
have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 630. The 60 new
Teamsters work as budtenders at both locations.
"I want to welcome our new members from The Cannabist Company in
North Hollywood and Studio City into Teamsters Local 630 in
Los Angeles," said Lou Villalvazo, Secretary-Treasurer at Local
630. "We are ready to start negotiations and will be reaching out
to the company soon to start the process. Our experience in the
cannabis industry will ensure that our new members' voices will be
heard with a collective bargaining agreement that guarantees them
dignity and respect."
"The organizing momentum that we're seeing in the cannabis
industry stems from the fact that cannabis workers—like all other
workers—want stability and to be treated with dignity and respect,
and they know a Teamsters contract is how they get it," said
Peter Finn, Teamsters Western Region
International Vice President and Food Processing Division Director.
"We are thrilled to welcome this latest group of cannabis workers
to our union – and we look forward to building on the organizing
momentum and delivering strong Teamsters contracts to cannabis
workers across the industry."
The new members voted to organize to improve their pay and
working conditions, gain respect from their employer, and have a
voice in the workplace.
"I'm proud of everyone at both shops for coming together and
excited to be a part of the Teamsters. The industry is overdue for
unions, and I encourage everyone to fight for what you are owed,"
said Michael Bundick, a budtender at
The Cannabist Company in Studio
City.
Established in 1937, Teamsters Local 630 represents workers in
various industries, from clerical, warehouse, professional drivers,
food service, liquor, food processing, dairy and more. For more
information, go to teamsters630.org.
Contact:
Daniel Moskowitz, (770)
262-4971
Dmoskowitz@teamster.org
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