Pot Workers Sign With Teamsters

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http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/heavy-doses/2010/09/10/pot-workers-sign-with-teamsters#ixzz10DPn0La4



Medical marijuana workers at Marjyn Investments LLC in Oakland, California voted to ratify their first union contract with Teamsters Local 70.

Thirty-eight of Marjyn’s workers—including trimmers, gardeners and cloners who specialize in cloning strains of marijuana—joined the union under a two-year contract.

Marjyn Investments provides medical marijuana used by patients suffering from cancer, HIV and other life-threatening illnesses.

“The company expects to expand and hopes to have about 150 employees,” said Lou Marchetti, business agent for Local 70. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever organize medical marijuana providers, but this is an expanding industry in California.”

The workers approached Teamsters a year ago, said Rome Aloise, a regional Teamsters president. The process of becoming unionized was “accomplished very quickly.”
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