Canna Cabana workers ratify first agreement as Union members
March 5, 2021Canna Cabana ratifies significant wage and language improvements
May 5, 2022New members at Canna Cabana Queen East ratify first collective agreement
January 11, 2024Canna Cabana Innisfil ratifies
January 19, 2024Canna Cabana workers in Ottawa vote Union Yes to join UFCW Local 175
July 9, 2025Cannistas at a Canna Cabana on Clarence Street in Ottawa voted to join UFCW Local 175. This group of close-knit employees wanted to improve working conditions for a number of reasons from ending favouritism to having better compensation.
Canna Cabana Rideau Street workers join UFCW Local 175
July 23, 2025UFCW Local 175 is happy to welcome more Canna Cabana members from Ottawa as the employees at a Rideau Street location vote Union Yes!
Canna Cabana Hamilton ratifies
August 29, 2025Workers at Canna Cabana Waterloo join UFCW Locals 175 & 633
January 14, 2026More and more retail cannabis workers across Ontario are turning to UFCW Local 175 to unionize as frontline employees push for better working conditions.
Ottawa Canna Cabana members ratify first agreement
June 23, 2026First agreement secured at Canna Cabana Uptown Waterloo
September 17, 2026Let’s Get Blunt about Union Representation for Cannabis Workers
December 2, 2020Booming cannabis industry leads more budtenders to vote Union YES!
June 15, 2023Growing Cannabis industry proves you can’t grow without going Union
August 15, 2023Workers at the Friendly Stranger aren’t strangers anymore as they vote yes to join UFCW Local 175
May 21, 2024On April 28, 2024, workers at the Friendly Stranger in Dundas, Ontario, voted in favour of joining UFCW Local 175.
Retail cannabis workers often face discrimination, unfair treatment, and favouritism and although it seems to be a budding industry, things are far from friendly.