This fall, workers at hundreds of CVS stores in California announced a rolling wave of strikes that seemed to take management by surprise. Eight United Food and Commercial Workers locals bargaining together in California subsequently ratified a new contract in November with CVS, one of the largest health care retail conglomerates in the country. The units cover 7,000 workers, including pharmacists, pharmacy techs, store associates, and inventory staff. The tentative agreement came shortly after seven stores in Los Angeles and Orange County struck for three days in October.
  • millie@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    6 months ago

    This doesn’t surprise me. The CVS we have downtown seems to always have only one person working and they’re constantly bogged down with inventory stuff. I think there’s actually someone at the counter ringing out customers like one out of six trips that I make over there, if even that much.

  • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
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    6 months ago

    looks like the wages didn’t increase by much but the workers DID get their demands met. it ended so quickly. they could have asked for more