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Mark A. Espinosa has been a labor leader for over 36 years and is President of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 919 located in Farmington, Connecticut. Local 919 represents 7,000 workers in the State of Connecticut in a variety of industries.

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A cannabis grower and member of the UFCW.
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OP-ED | Why Cannabis Workers Are Choosing the UFCW

Mark A. Espinosa avatar by Mark A. Espinosa January 18, 2022, 4:55 amJanuary 18, 2022, 9:21 am

Mark A. Espinosa: When people think of union careers, they think factories, meat packing plants, grocery stores, and electrical and iron workers. But there is a new wave of workers paving the way forward in a new industry: cannabis.

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