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SANTA ANA, Calif. — Workers at Orange County s first licensed medical marijuana dispensary have unanimously decided to unionize.
South Coast Safe Access, which employs up to 22 people in Santa Ana, signed a labor agreement with United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 324.
that the contract provides employees minimum starting pay of $13.50 an hour, health benefits, vacation and paid pension contributions.
The newspaper says the South Coast Safe Access pact marks the first with a dispensary for the union s local branch.
The dispensary started negotiating with UFCW 324 after . One of the act s provisions requires marijuana business owners with 20 or more workers to sign agreements saying they won t block unionization.
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