Jacob Redmond
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The group ResponsibleOhio joined with a labor union Monday for an announcement about the planned marijuana farms, should its ballot initiative pass.
ResponsibleOhio says it's collected 700,000 signatures, which is more than twice what it needs to get an amendment to the state constitution on the ballot. If passed, the amendment would legalize ten grow farms around the state, including several in the Tri-State. They'd be owned by investors, who've put up $20 million to finance the ballot campaign. ResponsibleOhio says taxpayers would also benefit with more than half a billion dollars distributed among state governments by 2020.
At least one union, the Food and Commercial Workers Union, signed an agreement with the proposed growers in this area, that the growers wouldn't oppose a unionization drive, if the unions want to organize the farms.
The group says there would be 300 jobs at an average of twenty-five dollars an hour. "Workers have been under attack in Ohio and across the country for years. Our union brothers and sisters are fighting dangerous attacks on their freedom in other states. So, it's a source of pride to see new businesses of this scale launching and taking important steps to protect its employees from the very beginning."
Assuming the signatures are verified, there will also be a competing amendment from the legislature. The legislature's amendment would prohibit the same kind of monopolies that the Responsible Ohio amendment would allow.
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ResponsibleOhio says it's collected 700,000 signatures, which is more than twice what it needs to get an amendment to the state constitution on the ballot. If passed, the amendment would legalize ten grow farms around the state, including several in the Tri-State. They'd be owned by investors, who've put up $20 million to finance the ballot campaign. ResponsibleOhio says taxpayers would also benefit with more than half a billion dollars distributed among state governments by 2020.
At least one union, the Food and Commercial Workers Union, signed an agreement with the proposed growers in this area, that the growers wouldn't oppose a unionization drive, if the unions want to organize the farms.
The group says there would be 300 jobs at an average of twenty-five dollars an hour. "Workers have been under attack in Ohio and across the country for years. Our union brothers and sisters are fighting dangerous attacks on their freedom in other states. So, it's a source of pride to see new businesses of this scale launching and taking important steps to protect its employees from the very beginning."
Assuming the signatures are verified, there will also be a competing amendment from the legislature. The legislature's amendment would prohibit the same kind of monopolies that the Responsible Ohio amendment would allow.
News Moderator: Jacob Redmond 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: ResponsibleOhio signs agreement with union for pot farm workers - Local 12 WKRC-TV Cincinnati - Top Stories
Author: Web Staff
Contact: Station - Local 12 WKRC-TV Cincinnati
Photo Credit: The Associated Press
Website: Local 12 WKRC-TV Cincinnati - HOME
