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2025-2026 Scholarships

Applications for scholarships for the 2025-2026 school year are now open! This is your opportunity to access financial support that can help cover tuition, books, and other educational expenses. Our scholarships are designed to support students from all backgrounds and fields of study, making higher education more attainable.

UFCW Region 1 Women's Network Childcare Grant

We are now accepting applications for the Region One Women’s Network Childcare Grant! This one time grant will be payable to your child care provider or summer camp. Applications are due by October 31, 2024. Fill out your application today and spread the word!

WN REG1 ChildCare App.pdf

Join us in spreading joy and making a difference in the lives of children. This holiday season, let's come together to create smiles and memories that will last a lifetime.

Join us in spreading joy and making a difference in the lives of children. This holiday season, let's come together to create smiles and memories that will last a lifetime. How You Can Participate: Donate a New Toy: Drop off brand new, unwrapped toys to your shop stewards or at the toy box in your location. Spread the Word: Share this with your friends, family, and colleagues.

Mass. AFL-CIO set to elect a woman to the top job

In a first, Mass. AFL-CIO set to elect a woman to the top job With a rise in female labor leaders, union priorities expand. By Katie Johnston Globe Staff,Updated September 29, 2023, 6:14 a.m.

Discount College

Join the UFCW Discount College Program & unlock new educational opportunities.

Discount College Flyer - EN.pdf ,

Discount College Flyer - ES.pdf

Job Opportunity

Interested in getting involved with the Labor movement? Passionate about your Union? UFCW Local 1445 is hiring 6 new organizers. Please email your resume to President Fernando Lemus or talk to your Union rep to schedule an interview. If someone you know is interested, please share this info with them right away!

UFCW Local 1445 is the premier union for cannabis workers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts!

Workers at Sira Naturals in Milford, Needham, and Somerville; at Liberty in Somerville; at Cultivate in Leicester; at NETA in Franklin; and at Mayflower Medicinals in Holliston have all joined the UFCW Local 1445 family of members who have representation in their workplaces, a voice on the job, and recognition for the hard work they do every day.

UFCW Local 1445 represents almost 2,000 in all aspects of the healthcare industry

Besides representing members at UMass Memorial Medical Center, St. Vincent Hospital, and nursing homes throughout the state, our latest successful contract negotiations were with The Reservoir Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Marlborough, MA.

Local 1445 - COVID 19 Protection

From the very start of this pandemic, UFCW Local 1445 has actively and aggressively worked to make sure our members receive all the protection available to help keep them and their families as safe as possible.

Latest victories

WELCOME TO OUR UFCW FAMILY!!

Welcome to the newest members of UFCW Local 1445 Union.

New Victory at GTI Cannabis Dispensary!

UFCW Local 1445 members at GTI have secured a big win! Through unity and determination, workers stood strong and achieved a new contract that delivers real gains. Congratulations to our GTI members for showing the power of solidarity!

First Massachusetts Cannabis Testing Lab Workers vote to unionize today! Workers at Kaycha Labs, a cannabis testing facility in Natick, MA, voted by overwhelming majority to join UFCW Local 1445. This is a historic victory - this is the first cannabis testing lab to form a union in the commonwealth.

Congratulations REI Boston

CONGRATULATIONS and WELCOME to our newest members at beWell Cannabis in Lowell MA.

Victory!! Cannabis Cultivation Workers at the Verano Cannabis growing facility in Sharon, MA, have elected to organize and form a union with UFCW Local 1445!

Congratulations to these workers for all their hard work to build this union together.

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VICTORY: Workers at Levia Seltzers - an Ayr Cannabis subsidiary -they were card checked with UFCW Local 1445 and have joined our Local 1445 Union family.

Workers at the Mayflower dispensary in Allston, MA voted UNANIMOUSLY today to join the UFCW Local 1445 Union family! They join workers from the Mayflower growing facility in Holliston, MA, who are already in our Local.

Here are workers Pedro Bernabel (right) and Carl Celestin (left). Congratulations to all the workers for their efforts. Welcome to the family!

Today was the grand opening of AYR BACK BAY RECREATIONAL ADULT USE CANNABIS.

The Bull Moose Music store in Salem, NH ratified their first collective bargaining agreement after a year-long process, which started when the company terminated the entire workforce for raising safety concerns during the pandemic. This new bargaining unit’s voice has been heard and they now have safety guarantees, scheduled wage increases, bereavement pay, paid time off options and more.

Organize and unionize your workplace

Are you and your coworkers ready to negotiate together for bigger paychecks, stronger benefits, and better lives? If you are, the steps to joining UFCW Local 1445 are simple.

How To Start A Union

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