Exciting news coming out of Southern California’s Inland Empire region: The Teamsters Local 1932, a labor union that comprises over 14,000 members across this area, is awarding 20 scholarships for a new cannabis cultivation training certification program. This will support the local burgeoning organized cannabis workforce.
Based out of the union’s new training center in San Bernardino, the cannabis program is a five-week course covering topics specifically designed to prepare growers for successful harvests, according to a news release. Future courses are planned for manufacturing and retail work. Also featured in this program are seminars from the Agricultural Labor Relations Board as well as experts on Occupational Safety and Health Administration policies.
This news is the latest development in an area noted for its involvement in and support for the cannabis community. In 2021, cannabis cultivation workers at cannabis company Tikun in Adelanto, California organized to join the Teamsters Union, becoming the first unionized cannabis cultivation workforce in Southern California. The same year, the Teamsters Union committed $1.5 million to support legislative efforts to improve cannabis workforce issues and cannabis rescheduling.
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