Akerman will host a webinar titled "The Highs and Lows of Unions in Cannabis," presented with the International Cannabis Bar Association (INCBA) and Cannabis Lab - Association of Cannabis Industry Professionals (cLab). Akerman partners Zachary Kobrin, Ryan Krone, and Thomas Mandler will be joined by Chris Fotopoulos, Executive Vice President of Verano Holdings Corp., for a discussion on increasing nationwide unionization efforts targeting cannabis employers. The presentation will discuss how the current legal, political, policy, and economic conditions are ideal for widespread campaigns that will impact the cannabis industry.

Topics will include:

• How cannabis employers are targets for UFCW and Teamsters organizing
• How NLRB is making union organizing much easier
• How increased national union activity leads to elections and strikes
• Increased public approval of unions
• How remaining union-free is more challenging