The security staff at the cannabis shop are not employed by the cannabis shop owner.
The shop owner hired a security firm and that place sends employees to different locations.
Each morning, we get three security officers from the agency and that;s our morning shift. Around 3pm, three different security staff members arrive to take the place of the morning crew. The manager of the cannabis shop, which happens to be me, has no real power to do anything with the security staff. If they don’t; show up for work, I call the staffing agency to report the absence. On Friday morning, I expected the security crew to be waiting for me in the parking lot like usual, Unfortunately, they were nowhere to be found when I arrived. I waited until 9:15 and then I called the security company. I was informed at that time that the guards were boycotting the staffing business by not showing up for work. We weren’t the only place complaining that security didn’t show up and the lady had no one to send me. We couldn’t open the dispensary until we had a security officer. I called three additional security firms, but nobody was available. We couldn’t open the dispensary that day until after lunch time and I never saw those same guards again at the cannabis shop. I assumed they quit or got fired. I don’t think they got what they wanted when they decided not to come to work that day. There are more than 100 men and women around here that will happily work for $18/hr without complaining.