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douglas9

(4,474 posts) Thu Dec 16, 2021, 08:49 AM Dec 2021

#PizzaIsNotWorking: Inside the Pharmacist Rebellion at CVS and Walgreens [View all]

Pharmacists Planning Nationwide Walkout on December 20th

Nationwide, pharmacists are planning a walkout on Monday, December 20th, to draw attention to the understaffing widespread among pharmacy workers and also pharmacy technicians’ low pay.

The action is being organized primarily by pharmacy technicians Facebook group #PizzaIsNotWorking (a reference to how employers give free pizza to placate employees), which has over 45,000 members nationwide.

https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/pizzaisnotworking-inside-the-pharmacist

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#PizzaIsNotWorking: Inside the Pharmacist Rebellion at CVS and Walgreens [View all] douglas9 Dec 2021 OP

Rebellion is an grossly inappropriate word to use here. Magoo48 Dec 2021 #1

Why would a pharmacist work at Walgreens jimfields33 Dec 2021 #3

If better places are hiring IronLionZion Dec 2021 #6

The Rite Aid in my town has had horrible problems keeping KPN Dec 2021 #20

"numerous places to work"? druidity33 Dec 2021 #9

"a single independent pharmacy" left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 #13

Does it pay six figures? Orrex Dec 2021 #14

There is one in my small town besides Walmart and it employs exactly two people. efhmc Dec 2021 #17

THIS! lastlib Dec 2021 #4

Why not both? ck4829 Dec 2021 #5

Mass Action Captain Zero Dec 2021 #7

Would pharmacists qualify to unionize? AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2021 #25

I would think so Jimbo S Dec 2021 #32

Related news: received an email from the Amazon.com Pharmacy yesterday... Auggie Dec 2021 #2

How do they control who gets the drugs though? That's something I never understood. LymphocyteLover Dec 2021 #10

VA has been mailing my scrips for years... Wounded Bear Dec 2021 #11

I guess they really on the security of people not tampering with US mail but I guess LymphocyteLover Dec 2021 #34

My PCP prescribes, and I'm registered with them... Wounded Bear Dec 2021 #36

How does any current establishment control that? quakerboy Dec 2021 #35

they typically ask for name and birthdate, sometimes ID LymphocyteLover Dec 2021 #37

And how is that any different? quakerboy Dec 2021 #38

it's not so much the delivery as the ordering that I wonder about LymphocyteLover Dec 2021 #39

In the age of cheap printers, laminators, etc quakerboy Dec 2021 #40

We should accept the slant some blogger gives to the issue? "Rebellion"? Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #8

I like it. Let them eat pizza!, say the plutocrats...Not much has changed on that. Alexander Of Assyria Dec 2021 #15

I know a pharmacist... DeSmet Dec 2021 #12

Yep. It is a squeeze. You know what needs to go? Excessive corporate profits. PatrickforB Dec 2021 #16

great post! bbgrunt Dec 2021 #18

This should be an OP! druidity33 Dec 2021 #19

This KPN Dec 2021 #23

Awesome post Patrick ... as are many of yours. KPN Dec 2021 #22

Please post this as an OP BlueIdaho Dec 2021 #24

Internalize the profits Jimbo S Dec 2021 #33

I love the new strength workers are showing. SunSeeker Dec 2021 #21

Good. They resist corporate models of salaried employees that show corporate contempt for humans. ancianita Dec 2021 #26

Pizza Is A Favorite For Nursing Management... GB_RN Dec 2021 #27

This is a Catastrophe! Cozmo Dec 2021 #28

Solidarity. nt Tommymac Dec 2021 #29

My dad was a pharmacist back in the good old days. BlueIdaho Dec 2021 #30

A plea for John Oliver to do an expose on working conditions in retail pharmacy douglas9 Dec 2021 #31