Leaves of Absence and Holidays
The Union Negotiating Committee succeeded in bargaining three new paid sick days for all employees. Previously, employees at Canna Cabana had no paid sick time. In addition, the agreement contains new paid bereavement leave and paid jury leave as well.
Members at Canna Cabana will benefit from new vacation entitlement, which now forms part of the agreement. The number of Statutory holidays contained in the agreement language increases and now members will also receive one floater day per year.
Lastly, the employer agreed to make contributions to the UFCW Local 175 Training & Education Fund in the amount of three cents per hour worked.
This first agreement, thought to be one of the first in the Canada’s Cannabis industry, was ratified on December 18, 2020. The employees at Canna Cabana became the first retail cannabis dispensary to unionize when they voted to join UFCW Local 175 in April 2020.
Union Negotiating Committee: David Claros, Jesse Peria, Union Rep Ashleigh Vink, and Region 5 Director, Jehan Ahamed.
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