By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Employees at two of the largest drugstore chains in the United States say harsh working conditions make it difficult to safely fill prescriptions, which could put the health of their customers at risk.
Some employees plan to walk out for one day, while others expect to close their pharmacies for all three, the network said, citing employees in three states.
Walgreens pharmacy employees plan to walk off the job next week over demanding workloads, a source said. It comes after some CVS employees conducted walkouts last month.
Walgreens employees are threatening to walk off the job next week over staff shortages. "We don't believe that Walgreens is allowing us to give our patients safe care," an organizer told CNN.
Employees at two of the largest drugstore chains in the United States say harsh working conditions make it difficult to safely fill prescriptions, which could put the health of their customers at risk.
Pharmacists and other workers at some Walgreens stores across the United States say they are planning walkouts beginning Monday to protest what they call harsh working conditions that they say are compromising safety.
Walgreens pharmacists say they're walking off the job in retaliation for challenging working conditions, especially at the height of the busy cold and flu season.
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Retail pharmacists and technicians around the country say they’re overworked, underpaid and fed up. Now some are walking off the job. Pharmacy staff at Walgreens locations across the country called out of work on Monday to protest harsh working conditions, le…
Employees at Walgreens pharmacies across the U.S. walked out Monday, protesting unsafe working conditions. Management says it has been 'a very challenging time.'
This comes just weeks after a group of pharmacists frustrated with overwhelming workloads staged a work stopped at several Kansas City-area CVS pharmacies.
Health care is suffering from wider worker dissatisfaction and staffing shortages that are not isolated to drugstores, as the recent Kaiser Permanente strike shows.
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