Employees at a Somerset County medical dispensary have joined a growing number of workers in New Jersey’s cannabis landscape who have opted to unionize.
According to the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 360, workers at Valley Wellness in Raritan voted to organize as members of the union, which represents hundreds of thousands of cannabis industry workers in dispensaries, labs, manufacturing, processing, delivery and grow facilities across the U.S.
In a March 22 statement, UFCW Local 360’s director of organizing Hugh Giordano said, “Valley Wellness, and its owner Sarah Trent, have already proven to be a great addition to the growing New Jersey cannabis community. We’re looking forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with what is one of the first stand-alone dispensary operators in the state, a company that provides a refreshing alternative to the large number of multistate operators here.”