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Home 🌿 Marijuana Business News 🌿 Workers at Stoney Brothers approve first-ever Oregon contract for marijuana workers 🌿Workers at Stoney Brothers approve first-ever Oregon contract for marijuana workers
Contract sets industry-leading standards for wages, benefits and brings good jobs to the Portland area
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Workers at Stoney Brothers, a marijuana dispensary in Portland, Ore. have approved the first-ever union contract for cannabis workers in Oregon and have joined United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555. The vote to approve the contract was unanimous, and sets a new standard for cannabis workers in Oregon.
“With our new contract, I am excited to have paid holidays and vacation time”
“With our new contract, I am excited to have paid holidays and vacation time,” said Kyle Maestra, a site manager at Stoney Brothers. “That is unusual in the cannabis industry.”
The three-year contract includes salaries starting at $15/hour with some making as high as $34/hour, regular raises, affordable health insurance through a multi-employer fund, pension contributions, paid vacations and sick leave, as well as seniority and...
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