The protests are that much more notable because the pharmacists don't have a union and aren't asking for better pay. They primarily want their employers to hire more staff to alleviate the workload and to eliminate policies that push them to work faster. They say those conditions are making it more likely they will make a mistake that could harm a patient.

Highlighting because people don't read articles - they are protesting to ensure patients are safe from the speed of greed. I for one would like my medication properly compounded and dosed. Good for these workers, get them more hands.

I even felt this in my hometown. Just about every pharmacy in town has lost 60-90% of its staff. Lines out the door for some of these places. And of course the one poor worker who stays gets to be berated by the imbecile senior population that thinks the world revolves around them.

This is planned for 3 days. They really need to unionize with this or it’s doomed.

Good, these chains have abused pharmacies for years.

Good! Fuck these greedy megacorps!

My local CVS started closing for lunch in the past year. I've never seen a pharmacy do that (I'm sure some did).

The amount of coverage in scheduling is now such that one might take a lunch break to go pick up a script and walk away without it. Capitalism is being squeezed to the absolute limit. We're not getting more. We're getting less. It's time for this to become a primary talking point, but stupid mother fuckers are pulled toward fascism because they fail to blame the right people for their shortcomings.

Another reason all healthcare and pharmaceuticals in the US should be nationalized, and regulated.

Also, #fuckyourdividends

Pharmaceutical industry still takes in the HUGE profits.

Pharmacists used to make nearly 6 figures out of college in the mid 2000s. They do not good money these days.

It's beyond frustrating to jump through all the process hoops to get a shot or pick up a prescription (use our online scheduler, bla bla) and after going to the place they had the right vaccine, sure enough the appointments are running 40+ minutes behind and meanwhile it's march of the Karens trying to assert themselves while the skeleton crew on staff try to answer multiple phone calls at once

I mean yay, someone's getting extra in their dividends or something but seriously when I showed up 10 minutes early in order to not hold up the works, a 45 minute wait costs me a whole hour of watching staff radiate the same energy as beaten dogs while shitty people demand to see a manager and slow everything down

TBH I hope they all strike, hard.