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Skip to contentSkip to site index Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation SEARCH Business SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Sunday, December 24, 2023 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK Business|Why Pharmacy Workers at CVS and Walgreens Are Protesting https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/business/cvs-walgreens-pharmacy-workers-protest.html * Share full article * * Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT WHY PHARMACY WORKERS AT CVS AND WALGREENS ARE PROTESTING The actions coincided with a period of increasing labor activism by workers in other sectors, including the auto industry and Hollywood. * Share full article * * * Read in app CVS said in a statement that it was “serving patients across our footprint today, and we’re not seeing any unusual activity regarding unplanned pharmacy closures or pharmacist walkouts.”Credit...Philip Cheung for The New York Times By Michael Levenson Nov. 1, 2023 Some pharmacy workers are calling in sick or walking off the job this week to protest what they call inadequate staffing and increasing work requirements, according to protest organizers, and say it’s harder to do their jobs safely. The protests by nonunion workers, called Pharmageddon on social media, are affecting some CVS and Walgreens locations, according to organizers and workers. They are happening during a period of increasing labor activism by workers in other sectors, including the auto industry and Hollywood. Bled Tanoe, a pharmacist in Oklahoma City who used to work for Walgreens and now works for a hospital, said she was helping to spread the word about the walkouts because she was concerned that pharmacy chains had been telling workers for years to “work faster and work with less help.” “Pharmacies are not OK,” Ms. Tanoe said. “Your local Walgreens and CVS and Rite Aid is not OK. It’s a soup of danger, with ingredients from companies who have lost the core belief of what we do, which is patient care and patient focus.” Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT HOW MANY WORKERS ARE WALKING OUT? Without a union to coordinate the collective action, it is “hard to say” how widespread the protests are, said Shane Jerominski, a former Walgreens pharmacist in Southern California who has been coordinating the actions on his Facebook page, The Accidental Pharmacist. On Monday, the first of three planned days of walkouts, Mr. Jerominski said that “thousands of stores were understaffed” and 25 pharmacies closed in 15 states, including New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida, Texas and Illinois. Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. Michael Levenson joined The Times in December 2019. He was previously a reporter at The Boston Globe, where he covered local, state and national politics and news. More about Michael Levenson A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 2, 2023, Section B, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: What’s Behind the Pharmacy Workers’ Walkouts. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe * Share full article * * * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2023 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions Support independent journalism with a subscription. Already a subscriber? Log in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. Includes news, games, recipes and more. Welcome offer $6.25 $1/week Billed as $4 every 4 weeks for your first 6 months. Cancel or pause anytime. PayPal OR Check out with card All Access includes news, plus Games, Cooking, Audio, Wirecutter and The Athletic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Offer for a New York Times All Access subscription; current subscribers not eligible. Subscription excludes print edition. Some games may be available without a subscription. Your payment method will automatically be charged in advance the introductory rate of $4.00 every 4 weeks for 6 months, and after 6 months the standard rate of $25.00 every 4 weeks. Your subscription will continue until you cancel. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period. Taxes may apply. Offer terms are subject to change. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ©2023 The New York Times Company Help Feedback