Workers at 2 East MoCo cannabis dispensaries declare intention to unionize

Workers at two cannabis dispensaries in eastern Montgomery County have announced their intention to unionize with United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 Union. The two businesses are The Apothecarium in Burtonsville, and Sweetspot in Olney. Another Apothecarium location in Cumberland, Maryland voted unanimously to unionize this past Friday. UFCW has found success in this new economic sector, having already organized union workplaces at dispensaries in Rockville and Germantown, and elsewhere in the state. Local 400 represents workers in grocery, retail, cannabis, health care, food processing, service and other industries in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.

"We, the workers of The Apothecarium Burtonsville and Sweetspot Olney, have filed for union elections to join UFCW Local 400," the employees said in a joint statement this morning. "We are grateful for our community, from patients to customers alike, for their support in fair treatment and compensation of workers. We look forward to voting for our union when we receive our dates from the National Labor Relations Board and bargaining our first contracts alongside the other The Apothecarium/Terrascend and Sweetspot locations that have recently unionized across the country. We’re all in this together and we are proud to be part of the wave of unionizing workers throughout our industry."

Photos courtesy UFCW Local 400