Medical Marijuana Growers Join Teamsters Union

OAKLAND, Calif. -- As organized labor faces declining

membership, one of the country's most storied unions is

looking to a new growth industry: marijuana.


The Teamsters added nearly 40 new members earlier this month

by organizing the country's first group of unionized

marijuana growers. Such an arrangement is likely only

possible in California, which has the nation's loosest

medical marijuana laws.


But it's still unclear how the Teamsters will safeguard the

rights of members who do work that's considered a federal

crime.

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