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The National Labor Relations Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1935 to prevent labor strife by encouraging collective bargaining, protecting concerted activity and curtailing certain unfair labor... more +

Green Growth and Labor Harmony: Navigating Labor Peace Agreements in the Booming Cannabis Industry

Amundsen Davis LLC on 4/3/2024

As legalization of cannabis has spread, profits have grown in the 25 states that allow for the retail sale of cannabis for recreational use, and labor unions have found great opportunity for getting a lift from the cannabis...more

Growing Union Interest in the Cannabis Growing Business—What Employers Can Do Under the NLRA

Dickinson Wright on 8/30/2022

The headlines are everywhere. Take The Guardian, for example, which recently published an article titled “Booming US cannabis industry seen as fertile ground for union expansion.” (Michael Sainato, The Guardian, July 31,...more

Union Organizing Raises Special Challenges for the Cannabis Industry

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 3/10/2021

While marijuana remains illegal under federal law, it has been legalized in 15 states and the District of Columbia. Another 29 states have decriminalized marijuana or allowed its medical use, or both. This loosening of...more

California Attempts to Weed Out Unfair Labor Practices at the State Level by Enacting Union-Friendly Regulation on Employers in...

FordHarrison on 11/18/2019

As the cannabis industry has rapidly progressed over the years, states such as New York, New Jersey and Illinois have begun to implement legislation that encourages employers to engage in labor peace agreements with unions....more

AB 1291 Forces California Cannabis Companies To Sign “Labor Peace Agreements” With Unions, But Statute May be Unconstitutional

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/24/2019

On October 12, 2019, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1291 (“AB 1291”) into law, which requires companies to sign a so-called “labor peace” agreement with a union or risk losing their cannabis license; thereby,...more

Legal Recreational Marijuana Is Coming to Illinois: The Impact on Employers

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/7/2019

• The legalization of recreational cannabis in Illinois will not prevent Illinois employers from adopting and implementing reasonable workplace policies precluding employees from being impaired by or under the influence of...more