Workers from Union Harvest and Nature’s Root will join the United Food and Commercial Workers Union
By SAM TABACHNIK | stabachnik@denverpost.com | The Denver PostPUBLISHED: May 28, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.
Workers at two Longmont cannabis companies unionized this week, a move the labor organization hopes sets a precedent as the first-ever national union contract for CBD workers.
Workers from Union Harvest and Nature’s Root will join the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, which counts 22,000 Colorado members and bills itself as the nation’s America’s largest cannabis workers union. “Job security is important, especially during a pandemic,” Ataya Arreguin, an employee at Nature’s Root Labs, said in a statement. “I have two kids and throughout the past year I have been worried about losing my job because of the pandemic. Now that we have a union, I feel even more confident that these jobs are secure and that they can become a great career that help us build a better life for us and our families.” Justin Eisenach, Union Harvest’s managing director and founder, said he hopes the move will serve as an example to others in the industry.