Workers at Vireo Health’s Maryland Medical Solutions in Hurlock, Maryland voted on March 22 to join UFCW Local 27. Vireo is a medical cannabis grower and processor. “It’s exciting to know that we will have job security and will have the power to bargain for improvements to our jobs,” said Blaine Hill. UFCW Local 27 president Jason Chorpenning said the Vireo workers “have empowered themselves with the tools for a better future,” adding that “We look forward to negotiating the best contract that we can for the workers and their families.”
On today’s labor calendar, the American Federation of Teachers hosts a panel on “Teaching: Art, Craft, or Science?” today from noon to 2pm at AFT headquarters on New Jersey Avenue; for details and to RSVP, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1980, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued regulations prohibiting sexual harassment of workers by supervisors in the workplace. Today’s labor quote is by Jackie Robinson, the first Black ballplayer hired by a major league team, who played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbetts Field on this date in 1947. Jackie Robinson, who said: “In my opinion, baseball is as big a business as anything there is. It has to be a business, the way it is conducted.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’ve got Spring Break on your mind, fuel your getaway with a car rental discount. Union Plus gets you up to 25% off at Avis, Budget, Hertz and more. Visit unionplus.org/carrental.
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