Source: UFCW Local 135 We have reached a tentative agreement with CVS! For the last five months, we have been fighting hard for a fair contract – from a strike to actions, delegations, rallies, petitions, and conversations with our co-workers and customers, we have shown the strength that comes when [...]
By Amanda Palacios Source: ABC 7 Workers at seven CVS Health stores across Southern California have gone on strike. The employees, who are part of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, include staff from four stores in Los Angeles and three in Orange County. "They're not allowing us to [...]
By Chloe Riley Source: Supermarket News CVS Health will lay off 2,900 workers in an effort to slash costs, the retailer confirmed Tuesday. “We’ve embarked on a multi-year initiative to deliver $2 billion in cost savings by reducing expenses and investing in technologies to enhance how we work,” a spokesperson [...]
By Lynn Petrak Source: Progressive Grocer During the same week that Fred Meyer workers in Portland announced a work stoppage, unions representing CVS workers in California announced that their groups will hold a strike vote in September. Members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Locals 5, 135, 324, 648, 770, [...]
Source: IAMAW Pharmacy professionals at CVS Omnicare Las Vegas have won their union election, solidifying The Pharmacy Guild as the first in the nation to lead the burgeoning nationwide push to unionize and transform the high-stakes industry. Pharmacy professionals at CVS Omnicare fill prescriptions for Nevada’s nursing homes, serving elderly and vulnerable patients whose [...]
By Bill Wilson Source: Supermarket News Over the last two weeks, some Walgreens pharmacists and a group of CVS pharmacists in Kansas City have walked off the job due to an ongoing overwhelming work environment, and now there might be a much larger protest in the works, reports CNBC. Walgreens [...]
By Jan Hoffman Source: The New York Times CVS and Walgreens, two of the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chains, said on Wednesday that they had reached tentative agreements to pay about $5 billion each to settle thousands of lawsuits over their role in the opioid crisis. The companies made the [...]
By Jan Hoffman Source: The New York Times A federal judge on Wednesday ordered three of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains — CVS, Walgreens and Walmart — to pay $650.5 million to two Ohio counties, ruling that the companies must be held accountable for their part in fueling the opioid [...]
By Melissa Repko Source: CNBC CVS Health said Thursday that it will close about 900 stores over the next three years, as it adjusts to shoppers who are buying more online. Shares rose 2.81% to close at $95.34. With the day’s gains, CVS shares are up about 40% this year, [...]
Source: My News LA CVS workers have ratified a new contract that includes increased pay, improved health care benefits, guaranteed hours and additional measures to keep stores safe, union officials said Saturday. The workers will receive pay increases of nearly 10%, with all wage increases retroactive to July 4, 2021 [...]