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February 6, 2023

Gourmet Garage Grocery Workers in New York City Join Local 1500

On Jan. 17, grocery workers at four Gourmet Garage stores in New York City joined UFCW Local 1500 for a better life.

Gourmet Garage stores have provided local chefs, restaurant buyers and New Yorkers with high quality groceries for more than 30 years, and these 98 hard-working men and women are employed as grocery, produce, dairy, meat, deli, seafood and coffee department clerks and cashiers. They voted to join our union via card check because they wanted a voice in the workplace, especially with regard to job stability, and the same wages and benefits that other unionized grocery workers in the area have. With this organizing win, all Gourmet Garage stores in New York City are now unionized.

These workers realize the benefits of belonging to our union family and are looking forward to making the most out of their first union contract.

“All we were looking for is to be equal in this industry,” said José A. Ramirez. “We wanted wage increase guarantees and benefits that companies like D’Agostino, Fairway, and ShopRite have through a union contract. We do the same work and wanted to be on the same playing field as them and that’s why we chose to unionize. Now we are proud to say that we are members of the largest grocery store worker union in New York. When we saw the union walk through our doors, we knew who they were and we are excited to work with them.”

January 30, 2023

Cannabis Workers in Maryland Join Local 400

Cannabis workers at Potomac Holistics Medical Dispensary in Rockville, Md., joined UFCW Local 400 on Jan. 11. These workers announced their plans to join UFCW Local 400 in December and voted in favor or unionizing a month later in an election administered by the National Labor Relations Board.

The workers’ organizing committee released the following statement following the vote:

“We are excited to join the growing movement of cannabis workers across the country who have unionized their workplaces. Many thanks to all of our customers and community allies who showed support for us as we embarked on this journey. We know we can count on you as we move forward to the next step in this process: collectively negotiating our first union contract.”

The staff at Potomac Holistics Medical Dispensary are joined by other cannabis dispensaries in the region that have recently unionized with the UFCW. Last August, workers at Zen Leaf in Germantown, Md., joined UFCW Local 400 and are currently negotiating their first collective bargaining agreement. In 2020, workers at MaryMed, LLC in Hurlock, Md., became the first workplace in the state’s cannabis industry to reach an agreement on a union contract with UFCW Local 27. That same year, workers at DC Holistic Wellness became the first dispensary in the nation’s capital to unionize with UFCW Local 400.

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