There are three medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles that are staffed by dues-paying union members.
Another 49 in the city plan to enter into labor agreements with the UFCW (United Food & Commercial Workers Union) this year.
Together, the dispensaries are a symbol of the growing bond between the blossoming medical marijuana industry and struggling labor unions.
Union officials acknowledge that their support stems partly from the idea that the marijuana industry could create hundreds of thousands of members at a time when overall union membership is shrinking.
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