'Pharmageddon' could close hundreds of pharmacies as protest spreads

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.

They also deserve a living wage, PTO and eight hour shifts.
- With breaks.
- They do but they aren't even asking for that. They're asking for more workers to be hired.
"privatized healthcare gives you the best service"

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

I wish people would stop planning for an end date for these things, that's what people from the other site did and look where that got us lmfao
- I imagine it’s out of necessity. They aren’t unionized, so they don’t have a strike fund.
- Yeah it’s getting on my nerves. Fucking unionize. Or wild cat. But wild cats come with the threat of “we’ll do it again”

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.

...and even if you want to vote with your dollar and support a local independent pharmacy instead -- nope, you can't because they've been driven out of business!

Good! Fuck these greedy megacorps!

Good, these chains have abused pharmacies for years.

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.

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

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.