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CVS Pharmacists Stage Walkout Over Unsafe Working Conditions

  • Nearly two dozen CVS pharmacists in Kansas City staged a walkout over unsafe working conditions like understaffing and unrealistic quotas. This shut down numerous CVS pharmacies in the area.

  • The walkout was sparked by a manager's firing after he refused to force pharmacists to work weekends at short-staffed stores.

  • Pharmacists say understaffing and quotas set by CVS prevent them from safely filling prescriptions and counseling patients. Surveys show most feel unable to do their jobs safely.

  • The overworked pharmacists want CVS to provide adequate staffing and resources so they can properly fill prescriptions and care for patients.

  • The pharmacists hope the walkout spreads nationwide to push CVS to improve conditions. They say the risk of closed pharmacies is outweighed by the need for change.

usatoday.com
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Several CVS locations in Kansas City closed after pharmacists staged a walkout to protest declining working conditions, including reduced hours and lack of staffing support.
CVS pharmacists are planning another walkout due to concerns over working conditions and patient safety, despite CVS executives meeting with walkout organizers and promising measures to alleviate their concerns, in a larger context of alarm over pharmacist staffing and safety in the industry.
CVS has promised to hire more staff and increase staffing levels to address workload concerns raised by pharmacists and avoid work stoppages in the Kansas City area, highlighting the growing problems faced by pharmacists nationwide due to a shortage of workers and increased responsibilities.
CVS pharmacists in the Kansas City region return to work after the company makes commitments to improve working conditions, including additional staffing and paid overtime, following a protest over patient safety concerns.
CVS Health is addressing workplace concerns raised by pharmacists after protests led to the closure of multiple drugstores in Kansas City, Missouri, and is developing an action plan to support its employees.
Pharmacy employees at Walgreens and CVS in the US are staging walkouts to demand change due to harsh working conditions that put customer health at risk, citing burdensome prescription and vaccination expectations, chronic understaffing, low pay, high quotas, abusive management, and violent customers.
Pharmacy employees at some U.S. Walgreens stores are planning a walkout in response to burdensome prescription and vaccination expectations placed on pharmacists.
Pharmacy employees at some Walgreens stores in the U.S. are planning walkouts next week over challenging working conditions, including administering vaccinations and concerns about patient safety.
Pharmacists and other employees at Walgreens are planning walkouts to protest working conditions, including unrealistic performance requirements, with the walkouts potentially taking place next week.
Pharmacy staff at some Walgreens stores are planning walkouts due to harsh working conditions, such as insufficient staffing and high workload, making it difficult to safely fill prescriptions, while CVS faces a similar issue with their pharmacists and recent walkouts; both companies claim to be working with pharmacy staff to address their concerns.
Walgreens pharmacists across the nation staged a walkout to protest unsafe working conditions and unreasonable demands from the company, highlighting concerns about staffing shortages and medication errors.
Retail pharmacists across the US are walking off the job to protest overworking conditions, low pay, and understaffing, as they struggle to fulfill the increased demand for prescriptions and vaccinations, which has created unsafe conditions for customers.
Walgreens employees are staging walkouts by calling in sick in protest against working conditions, citing issues with workload and refilling prescriptions, although the exact number of employees participating and the impact on pharmacies is unclear.
Walgreens pharmacists are planning a large-scale walkout in protest of worsening working conditions, with potential impacts on customer access to medication.