In 2021, cannabis cultivation workers at Tikun in Adelanto, Calif., organized to join the Teamsters Union, becoming the first unionized cannabis cultivation workforce in Southern California.
The program also prominently features seminars from the Agricultural Labor Relations Board and experts on Occupational Safety and Health Administration policies to ensure that workers can build their knowledge on safety and their rights at work.
“The City of Adelanto will have the premier cannabis workforce,” said Gabriel Reyes, Adelanto Mayor.
By increasing the availability of training and certification to workers in Southern California, Local 1932 aims to offer current members and prospective members a way to improve their employer’s crops and further professionalize the industry’s cultivation workforce.