Employees at the Local Cannabis Company's manufacturing facility in Smithville are working to unionize, something no other group in the industry has attempted to do before.
They reached out to Teamsters Local 41 and are working toward a vote. However, they're waiting for one important decision to determine who can and cannot be in the union. Federal law prohibits agricultural workers from unionizing. The group is made up of around 60 employees who argue they do much more than harvest the crop.
"The company's trying to say they're all agriculture workers because it deals with the growing of the product," said Matthew Daniel, Teamsters Local 41 business agent. "That's not necessarily true because they mix and match them throughout the facility."
Hannah Frazier hopes to unionize to better provide for her family. "I come from a union background," she said. "My dad had 39 years in the union, so I've seen what it can do for not just only one person but families."
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