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Pharmacy staff from Walgreens are organizing a nationwide walkout at the end of October over poor working conditions.
This follows recent walkouts and demonstrations in various Walgreens and CVS stores.
The planned walkout is scheduled for October 30 to November 1.
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The companies are placing unreasonable demands on workers without providing enough staffing and resources.
Employees consider this could put patient safety at risk.
The pandemic-related responsibilities like testing and vaccination have worsened the issues.
The rollout of new vaccines this fall, such as COVID-19, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus shots, has increased their workload.
Appointments are frequently tightly scheduled, which is almost impossible to keep too, causing huge strain on the staff to keep too
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Lack of sufficient staffing could lead to medication delays, errors, and longer wait times, which, in turn, can result in negative interactions with patients.
Patients, at times, become aggressive or even violent, making it challenging for employees to ensure a safe working environment.
Organizers have been in discussions with pharmacy staff from other retail chains to encorage their participation in the walkout.
A CVS employee, who played a pivotal role in the recent Kansas City walkouts, is communicating with the Walgreens organizer about involving CVS pharmacy staff in the nationwide effort.
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Their decision is contingent on a meeting with CVS's chief pharmacy officer and president of pharmacy and consumer wellness, which could determine whether CVS employees join the walkout.
Pharmacy staff intending to participate in the nationwide effort plan to stage demonstrations outside the stores they susually work in.
This initiative follows recent walkouts, during which rallies were notably absent.
In addition to the walkouts and demonstrations, organizers are considering the possibility of unionizing pharmacy staff without representation.
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Most pharmacists and technicians from Walgreens and CVS are not part of a union, in contrast to most grocery retail workers who are.
Talks with existing unions are ongoing, including IAM Healthcare and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
Pharmacy workers demand transparency in staff allocation, dedicated training for new hires, and task assignments aligned with actual staffing levels.
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