The first day was a breeze.
Sean Shannon and Danny Foster walked into several marijuana dispensaries around Missouri with their matching “Union For Cannabis Workers” shirts and talked to employees about the possibility of unionizing.
“The first day, there were 57 stops amongst the teams,” said Shannon, lead organizer with UFCW Local 655, which actually stands for United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. “Reception was out-of-this-world positive. Workers were so excited.”
Shannon had gathered together a dozen organizers to help Local 655 visit every one of the approximately 100 dispensaries in the eastern half of Missouri — twice.