Bargaining Team: Austin Miller, Derrek Small, Devin Johansson, Joe Chaten

Our Have a Heart bargaining team met with management last week to continue negotiations. We had productive conversations about new hire training, health and safety at work, compliance-related discipline and inventory discrepancies, PTO and sick leave, and wages. We’ve come to tentative agreements on guaranteed time and a half for the second half of double shifts and changing funeral leave to bereavement leave, which offers greater flexibility, and including parents in the 5 days paid leave. Our focus continues to be on winning crucial economic improvements, navigating the challenges of Have a Heart’s reduced staffing, and minimizing takeaways for both new and existing employees. We’re hopeful that management’s next proposal will bring us closer to a recommended agreement.

“Understanding the situation Have a Heart is in, we’re fighting for what we can to improve working conditions now and to keep pushing our industry toward stable, fulfilling jobs with wages that workers can live on.” 

— Devin Johansson, Lead Budtender @ Have a Heart Greenwood

If you have questions about negotiations or want to get more involved, reach out to a member of the bargaining team or our Union Rep, Chris Arellano, at (360) 409-0241.