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When adult-use cannabis stores debut in Connecticut, they will not just be opening their doors to customers, but also unions eager to sign up the industry’s employees. A labor peace agreement provision in the recreational marijuana law passed earlier this year gives unions a chance to make inroads into the industry, legal experts say. These agreements, sometimes referred to as neutrality agreements, lay out how companies and labor organizations can behave during union organizing. To get a retail cannabis license in Connecticut, a company will have to enter into one of these agreements with a labor organization. The agreements aim…

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Expectations were sky high this year that marijuana would be legalized at the federal level. At the very least, the so-called SAFE Banking Act, which would enable billions of dollars of banking money to flow into the pot industry, was going to breeze through Congress and garner the president’s signature. This bill was seen as a necessary precursor to broader federal marijuana legislation, like the MORE Act, sponsored by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and others. But there’s just one thing about these legislative triumphs: they never happened. Once again, the pot industry left town with nothing…

When adult-use cannabis stores debut in Connecticut, they will not just be opening their doors to customers, but also unions eager to sign up the industry’s employees. A labor peace agreement provision in the recreational marijuana law passed earlier this year gives unions a chance to make inroads into the industry, legal experts say. These agreements, sometimes referred to as neutrality agreements, lay out how companies and labor organizations can behave during union organizing. To get a retail cannabis license in Connecticut, a company will have to enter into one of these agreements with a labor organization. The agreements aim…