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CVS and Walgreens pharmacy staff plan 3-day walkout
  + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
Staff and organizers in multiple states confirmed to CNN that the walkout and picket lines will take place from October 30 to November 1. Workers at Walgreens and CVS have previously staged walkouts in Arizona, Washington, Massachusetts and Oregon in September and early October. A spokesperson from the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) told CNN on Sunday that it supports the organizers planning a walkout and protests. The Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, a California-based healthcare union, also said it supports the walkout and protests. “UFCW members and staff have been communicating with many of the CVS and Walgreens workers who have been taking actions to stand up for their rights on the job.
Persons: Shane Jerominski, , ” Dave Young, Renée Saldaña Organizations: New, New York CNN, Employees, Staff, CNN, Workers, Walgreens, CVS, United Food, Commercial Workers International Union, Service Employees International Union, United Healthcare Workers, Retail Pharmacy Union, UFCW, , West Health, Locations: New York, United States, Arizona , Washington , Massachusetts, Oregon, California, North America, West
CVS and Walgreens pharmacy staff begin 3-day walkout
  + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
Walgreens and CVS employees are mostly not unionized, which makes a largescale walkout difficult to execute. Workers at Walgreens and CVS have previously staged walkouts in Arizona, Washington, Massachusetts and Oregon in September and early October. During prior walkouts, pharmacy staff feared retaliation from their bosses and corporate leadership, said Jerominski. A spokesperson from the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) told CNN on Sunday that it supports the organizers planning a walkout and protests. “UFCW members and staff have been communicating with many of the CVS and Walgreens workers who have been taking actions to stand up for their rights on the job.
Persons: Shane Jerominski, Jerominski, , ” Dave Young, Renée Saldaña, “ We’re, Amy Thibault Organizations: New, New York CNN, Employees, Walgreens, CVS, Staff, CNN, Workers, United Food, Commercial Workers International Union, Service Employees International Union, United Healthcare Workers, Retail Pharmacy Union, UFCW, , West Health, CVS Pharmacy Locations: New York, United States, Arizona , Washington , Massachusetts, Oregon, Southern California, Chicago, North America, West
A spokesperson from the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union told CNN that they support the organizers planning a walkout and protests. “We support all health care workers who are organizing and taking a stance to improve staffing.”A Walgreens pharmacy store in Austin, TX. In a statement to CNN, Walgreens said about 20 stores out of about 9,000 had “disruptions over three days,” Oct. 9-11. Walgreens walkout organizers told CNN that their tally is much higher, with about 600 employees participating. The following three Walgreens employees told CNN their reasons for walking out.
Persons: Shane Jerominski, Renée Saldaña, Mohammad Khursheed, Tim Wentworth, Wentworth, ” Fraser Engerman, Engerman, , ” ‘ We’ve, , “ We’ve Organizations: New, New York CNN, Walgreens, Workers, CNN, United Food, Commercial Workers International Union, SEIU, United Healthcare Workers, West Health, Reuters Organizers, Locations: New York, West, Austin , TX, Friday’s, Oregon, Wisconsin, Oklahoma
By 9 am ET, more than 75,000 Kaiser workers plan to join picket lines, marking the largest health care strike in US history. In the wake of pandemic, however, health care workers in particular have been fighting for safer and more secure work environments. Many health care employees are set to join the picket lines, including nursing staff, dietary workers, receptionists, optometrists, and pharmacists. Kaiser Permanente “members” pay dues to the organization to gain access to Kaiser Permanente’s wide-ranging health care services. The increased number of health care strikes have happened despite health care workers making up only about 9% of private sector union members nationwide.
Persons: Kaiser, Kaiser Permanente, James Santos, , , Permanente, ” Renee Saldana, they’re, , “ Kaiser Permanente, CNN’s Chris Isidore Organizations: CNN, Kaiser Permanente, Kaiser, Washington DC, SEIU, UHW, “ Workers, United Auto Workers, Ford, General Motors, Writers Guild of America, Hollywood, of Labor Statistics Locations: Virginia, Washington, DC, United States, California , Colorado, Washington and Oregon, Kaiser, York City, “ Kaiser
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