A group of employees at a B.C. cannabis company have become the first private sector dispensary workers to unionize in Canada.

Staff members at two Clarity Cannabis storefronts in Greater Victoria have joined the United Food and Commercial Workers91裸聊视频� 1518 Local, the union announced Tuesday.

Clarity Cannabis operates five other stores in B.C., including a third location in Greater Victoria, as well as in Cranbrook, Dawson Creek, Kamloops and Prince Rupert. The company employs roughly 40 workers across all of its locations.

Also known as budtenders, the staff work in the storefront and assist customers by explaining the various strains and effects of cannabis.

According to the union, the budtenders decided to unionize to address fair wages, workplace policy, safety and security concerns and education and training opportunities.

91裸聊视频淭he cannabis industry is an emerging sector and it91裸聊视频檚 important to build worker power so that budtenders, as well as other cannabis workers, have a strong voice,91裸聊视频� union president Kim Novak said in a statement. 91裸聊视频淭hat is our union91裸聊视频檚 commitment.91裸聊视频�

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Black Press Media has reached out to Clarity Cannabis for comment.

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