(Reuters) -Pharmacy workers at some U.S. Walgreens shops, together with pharmacists, technicians and help workers, plan a walkout between Monday and Wednesday, CNN reported on Friday, citing an organizer.
Some workers plan to stroll out for someday, whereas others anticipate to shut their pharmacies for all three, the community stated, citing workers in three states.
The walkout is in response to what pharmacy workers name burdensome prescription and vaccination expectations positioned on pharmacists, the report stated.
Reuters couldn’t instantly attain workers concerned within the reported motion for remark.
Walgreens stated in an emailed response it was engaged and listening to issues raised by a few of its workforce members. “We’re making vital investments in pharmacist wages and hiring bonuses to draw/retain expertise in tougher to workers areas,” the corporate stated.
Within the largest ever U.S. healthcare sector strike, Kaiser Permanente nurses, medical technicians and help workers walked off the job at hospitals and clinics for 72 hours this week.
The strike by 75,000 employees ended on Friday as the 2 sides agreed to renew stalled contract talks, though union officers warned of potential additional walkouts.
(Reporting by Dimpal Gulwani in Bengaluru; Further Reporting by Devika Nair and Rishabh Jaiswal; Modifying by Sandra Maler, Rosalba O’Brien and William Mallard)
