September 30 Table of Contents MJBizMagazine September 2023 Volume 10 * Issue 8 LABOR RELATIONS Cannabis employers enter a new chapter that includes unionization, pay transparency and turnover. 8 From the Editor 10 Five Questions with Tjalling Erkelens 12 Company News 16 Industry Developments 46 Industry Players 49 Our Advertisers 50 Just the Facts SEPTEMBER 2023 MAGAZINE VOLUME 10 * ISSUE 8 $12.95 SALARY AND COMPENSATION ISSUE LABOR RELATIONS Cannabis employers enter a new chapter that includes labor unions, pay transparency and turnover On Our Cover Union member Miles Davis pickets outside a Rise adult-use marijuana store in Illinois. Rise is owned by Green Thumb Industries, which offered workers a pay increase after a 13-day strike. Photo by Reilly Drew Employees of marijuana retailer Rise hold picket signs on the fi rst day of a labor strike that included three stores. Photo by Reilly Drew 4 September 2023 | MJBizMagazine DEPARTMENTS COVER STORY