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PATCH- Illinoisans spent $110 million on marijuana in the month of March alone
CHICAGO SUNTIMES: The mail-in ballots — counted over Zoom on the unofficial smoker’s holiday of 4/20 — were overwhelmingly in favor of joining Local 881 of the United Food and Commercial Workers, which represents employees in Illinois’ booming pot industry, the union said in a statement.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE– The Lincoln Park dispensary the second in the state to unionize as the nascent weed industry takes root in Illinois.
POLITICO– Illinois is the fastest growing market in the country
CRAIN’S CHICAGO- For the first time in a generation, Chicago is the early leader in a fast-growing new industry that’s generating jobs and wealth.
ILLINOIS TIMES -As industry booms, Illinois employees want better pay and protection
CHICAGO TRIBUNE– Seeking higher pay, career advancement and better protection from the COVID-19 pandemic, cannabis workers from Chicago to Springfield have begun to unionize, planting a seed that could reshape the fast-growing marijuana labor landscape.