Teamsters Local 1932 Cannabis Workers Training Center
-
The cannabis cultivation training certification program is a five-week course, covering topics specifically designed to prepare growers for successful harvests. The program also prominently features seminars from the Agricultural Labor Relations Board and experts on Occupational Safety and Health Administration policies to ensure that workers can build their knowledge on safety and their rights at work.
-
The cannabis industry employed 415,000 full-time workers across the country in 2021, an increase of about 30% from 2020, according to industry news published, MJBizDaily. By increasing the availability of training and certification to workers in Southern California, Teamsters Local 1932 aims to offer current members and prospective members a way to improve their employer’s crops and further professionalize the industry’s cultivation workforce. Existing training programs hosted by Teamsters Local 1932 come from partnerships with high-road employers who want to reduce employee turnover and increase industry capacity with trained workers.
-
Teamsters Local 1932, a labor union of over 14,000 members across Southern California’s Inland Empire region, has announced the availability of twenty scholarships for a new cannabis cultivation training certification program based out of the union’s new training center in San Bernardino.
