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Water leaking from the growhouse ceiling. Algae spreading on the floor. Standing water pooling at workers’ feet.
Those were just some of the conditions alleged by workers at the Denver marijuana grow operation of Green Dragon, a Florida- and Colorado-based cannabis company.
Two years ago, workers had enough. So they organized, battling what they claimed to be the company’s intimidation tactics to form the first agricultural workers union under a 2021 state law designed to improve working conditions on Colorado’s farms.
Now the workers have a contract with multiple built-in raises, paid vacation and a committee to address workplace safety issues.
“It’s important for ag workers to have a union because they can be taken advantage of,” said Jimena Peterson, organizing director for United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7, which helped Green Dragon employees negotiate their deal.
This story was originally published by Hakai and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Hammerhead sharks—fish with pronounced oblong heads and bodies as long as small cars—are unmistakable. Seeing one of these critically endangered animals is a thrill, but seeing nearly a dozen plying the water side by side is worth writing home about.
Take two brothers, steep them in the great music of the Sixties, wind them up and watch them go. Brian D'Addario and Michael D'Addario have been making great records and touring since they were in their teens. (Now they're in their twenties.) Along the way, they've written some incredible songs.
But this latest album looks to be the one that might finally push them to the top.