SCOOP: Gelato owners withdrew anti-union lawsuit

The owners of ambitious California brand Gelato withdrew their lawsuit challenging California’s union-friendly cannabis labor law. The move follows an intervention by the Teamsters Union in the case.

California requires cannabis companies with more than 20 employees enter a labor peace agreement (LPA) requiring them to remain neutral on whether employees organize. While the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and the Teamsters have been actively organizing California cannabis companies, some licensees have signed LPAs with a group known as the . . .