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Dispensary challenges labor provisions of recreational marijuana law

Amid growing tensions with its workers over labor standards and unionization, a Portsmouth marijuana dispensary is taking aim at the state’s recreational cannabis law. Greenleaf...
EMPLOYEES AT RISE DISPENSARY in Warwick voted to unionize and join United Food and Commercial Workers Local 328. / COURTESY RISE DISPENSARY

RISE Dispensary workers vote to unionize, join Local 328

WARWICK – Workers at another local cannabis dispensary have agreed to unionize. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 328 announced Tuesday that personal care...

Seven Stars Bakery union reaches first contract

PROVIDENCE – Seven Stars Bakery employees and management have reached their first contract agreement, the union announced on Thursday, which includes immediate and future...

Savoy Bookshop & Café employees unionize

WESTERLY – Employees at Savoy Bookshop & Café unionized Monday, with workers and ownership reaching a voluntary recognition agreement. Employees at the 10 Canal St....
STRONG SUPPORTERS: Autumn Guillotte, left, organizer at the Rhode Island AFL-CIO; David Molina-Hernandez, organizer at Fueza El Laboral; and Kristy Eiland, volunteer, show their support for Starbucks Corp. employees at a Warwick store off Route 2 to form a union prior to the employees’ vote in early June.
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A rank and file revival: New labor movement hits R.I.

Starbucks customers swinging through the drive-thru on a June morning in Warwick were greeted by something many weren’t expecting: a group of baristas and...

Stop & Shop employees secure wage increases in new contract

PROVIDENCE – Unionized Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. employees in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut have secured higher starting wages, raises for established employees...
SUPPORT GROUP: Cranston Democrat Sen. Joshua Miller, left, and Senate Majority Leader Michael J. McCaffrey, right, introduced legislation last spring to legalize recreational marijuana, with the backing of Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, center. It passed the Senate but died in the House. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PLANTING THE SEED: Stakes are high as R.I. officials lay groundwork...

It’s really no longer a matter of “if” recreational use of marijuana will be legalized in Rhode Island. Now it’s more a question of...
GREENLEAF COMPASSIONATE CARE CENTER employees voted, 21 to 1, to join United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 328, on April 6. / COURTESY UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL 328

As R.I. cannabis industry grows, so does unionization

As the cannabis industry is poised to expand in Rhode Island, the move to unionize its workers is gaining momentum. The latest example: Workers at...
GREENLEAF COMPASSIONATE CARE CENTER employees voted overwhelmingly to unionize and join United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 328. / COURTESY UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL 328

Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center employees to unionize

PORTSMOUTH – The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 328 announced late Monday that the employees at Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center voted overwhelmingly to...
TED GRILLO, left, and Matthew Baryshyan are two cultivation workers at the Ocean State Cultivation Center in Warwick. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 328 and Ocean State Cultivation Management jointly announced Tuesday that they have agreed to a contract that will make the cultivation center the state’s first unionized cannabis business./COURTESY OCEAN STATE CULTIVATION CENTER

With agreement, Ocean State Cultivation Center becomes R.I.’s first unionized cannabis...

PROVIDENCE – The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 328 and Ocean State Cultivation Management jointly announced Tuesday that they have agreed to a...
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