Medical marijuana job seekers gather with union reps in Gurnee

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Chicago Tribune

By Denys Bucksten

As the state and licensed medical marijuana businesses take the final steps toward selling legal pot in Illinois, a union hosted a seminar Saturday in Gurnee to educate prospective employees who are interested in working in the burgeoning industry.

Qualified medical cannabis employees will be needed in the coming months to dispense the drug in various forms at approved Lake County locations. Three dispensary licenses were granted in Lake County on Feb. 3. In 2013 Illinois became the 20th state to legalize medical marijuana.

About two dozen people attended the two-hour seminar Saturday at the Lake County Federation of Teachers offices. They learned about job requirements and opportunities, security measures and joining United Food and Commercial Workers International Union's 1-million-plus workforce in North America.

Dispensary license holder Northshore Alternative Therapy, LLC, and The Lake Forest Group security consultants, as well as officials from UFCW Local 881, described the stringent requirements of working in the new field.

FULL story and photo gallery at link.


Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-medical-marijuana-jobs-st-0629-20150628-story.html

[Alkene]

1. It's a brave new world... n/t

[jtuck004]

2. There is no union that wil make trimming a decent job. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Omaha Steve.