Looks like the Teamsters have found a new niche.

[highland145]

The Zombie Weed local.

"As organized labor faces declining membership, one of the country's most storied unions is looking to a new growth industry: marijuana.The Teamsters added nearly 40 new members earlier this month by organizing the country's first group of unionized marijuana growers. Such an arrangement is likely only possible in California, which has the nation's loosest medical marijuana laws."

I don't see this as a problem:

"But it's still unclear how the Teamsters will safeguard the rights of members who do work that's considered a federal crime. "

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/20/3042051/medical-marijuana-growers-join.html

 

[BoomerD]

I'm probably the biggest union supporter on these forums...yet that support rarely includes the Teamsters...

"I'd rather have a sister in a whorehouse than a brother in the Teamsters."

 

[zinfamous]

I'm probably the biggest union supporter on these forums...yet that support rarely includes the Teamsters...

"I'd rather have a sister in a whorehouse than a brother in the Teamsters."

lol. Union humor.

 

[JEDI]

I'm probably the biggest union supporter on these forums...yet that support rarely includes the Teamsters...

"I'd rather have a sister in a whorehouse than a brother in the Teamsters."

whats wrong w/the teamsters besides them having the legacy of being corrupt?

 

[waggy]

hmm interesting.

 

[halik]

Err how the hell is that gonna work - presumably the growers are working for themselves, right?

The whole union thing is great if you're trying to extract money from the owner...otherwise you're just fucking yourself over. They'll discover the concepts of supply and demand the hard way...

 

[highland145]

"I'd rather have a sister in a whorehouse than a brother in the Teamsters."

 

[actuarial]

Err how the hell is that gonna work - presumably the growers are working for themselves, right?

I'm thinking something like OPEC? A conduit to legalize anti-competitive practices...