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.
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.
They do but they aren’t even asking for that. They’re asking for more workers to be hired.
With breaks.
Definitely!
The absolute insanity of customers complaining when CVS has a “closed for lunch” note because they only employed one pharmacist!
“privatized healthcare gives you the best service”
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.