If you’ve passed a line of picketers on Southeast Hogan Road, you’ll notice the amount of people there striking against Cannabis Nation’s lack of a union for their agricultural facility employees. The picketers have chosen the UFCW Local 555 (United Food and Commercial Workers) as their union of choice. Although this union does recognize agricultural workers, the National Labor Relations Board does not – but through the Oregon State Farmer’s Act laws on the books, the state gives them the right to go on strike. To follow up on these concerns after the facility workers had walked out, the Cannabis Nation plant called state occupational safety and health officials to test the fire alarms, which finally resulted in compliance with city, state, and insurance requirements. Until then, the picketers are paid by the union to protest for their demands, and the picketers ask that their story be spread, along with a consumer boycott on all Cannabis Nation products.

Source: CNN June 12, 2022 08:45 UTC