Community | September 20, 2010 | 14 comments

Medical marijuana growers join Teamsters union

source: http://www.kgw.com/news/business/103285559.html

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As organized labor faces declining membership, one of the United States' 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 loosest U.S. 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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