Nine Nevada unions have joined the Silver State’s largest union in endorsing legalized adult-use marijuana, the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol announced Friday.
Joining the 57,000-memeber Culinary Local 226, the following labor unions pledged their support for Ballot Question 2:
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 720
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 396
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 14
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 631
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 986
• International Union of Operating Engineers Local 12
• Laborer’s Union Local 872
• UA Local 525 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Service Technicians
• United Food & Commercial Workers International Union
“Their support demonstrates that the working people of Nevada want to take marijuana out of the criminal market and shift production and sales into regulated, tax-paying businesses,” Yes on 2 spokesman Joe Brezny said in a release.
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