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In Ann Arbor, a group of workers at Exclusive Brands have gone on strike after the company refused to recognize their push to unionize and fired a pro-union employee. The United Food and Commercial Workers filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board, while the company argues that federal cannabis laws complicate union elections. With only a handful of unionized operations in Michigan’s marijuana industry, the walkout highlights the growing but still rare labor movement among cannabis workers.