{"id":116780,"date":"2024-10-21T18:49:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T11:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116780"},"modified":"2024-10-21T18:49:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T11:49:48","slug":"cvs-workers-strike-at-7-california-locations-seeking-better-pay-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116780","title":{"rendered":"CVS workers strike at 7 California locations seeking better pay, health care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Check out what&#8217;s clicking on FoxBusiness.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Workers at seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/cvs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CVS pharmacies<\/a> in Southern California are now on strike, as they demand better pay and health care and to call out what they describe as the company engaging in bad-faith contract bargaining.<\/p>\n<p>The strike began Friday and continued through the weekend, affecting four stores in Los Angeles and three others in Orange County. Striking workers outside a Los Angeles location told customers on Saturday not to cross the picket lines, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cvs-strike-southern-california-union-9d391fdd6a5590330832c137c2b3c36a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Acosta, a pharmacy technician who is on the contract bargaining committee, claimed the company was &#8220;intimidating workers, observing them, getting in the way of them speaking to union representatives,&#8221; the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the strike, the affected CVS locations have remained open and staffed by managers and nonunion employees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/cvs-names-david-joyner-new-ceo-replacing-karen-lynch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CVS NAMES DAVID JOYNER NEW CEO, REPLACING KAREN LYNCH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/343\/192\/CVS-Pharmacy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/686\/384\/CVS-Pharmacy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/672\/378\/CVS-Pharmacy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1344\/756\/CVS-Pharmacy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/931\/523\/CVS-Pharmacy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1862\/1046\/CVS-Pharmacy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/720\/405\/CVS-Pharmacy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1440\/810\/CVS-Pharmacy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/931\/523\/CVS-Pharmacy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"CVS Pharmacy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Workers at seven CVS pharmacies in Southern California are now on strike, as they demand better pay and health care.<\/span><span> (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Workers planned to continue picketing until contract negotiations with the company resume Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The strike was approved when more than 90% of the two local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/unions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Food and Commercial Workers unions<\/a> involved voted in favor on Sept. 29, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re disappointed that our UFCW member colleagues have gone on strike at a few select locations in the Los Angeles area,&#8221; CVS spokesperson Amy Thibault said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Thibault said the company has made progress towards a final contract and has reached tentative agreements to raise pay and increase the company&#8217;s health insurance contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Acosta said she cannot afford the cost of the insurance CVS offers, so she is instead enrolled in the state-run program Covered California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/cvs-health-cut-2900-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CVS HEALTH TO CUT 2,900 JOBS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/343\/192\/CVS-theft-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/686\/384\/CVS-theft-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/672\/378\/CVS-theft-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1344\/756\/CVS-theft-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/931\/523\/CVS-theft-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1862\/1046\/CVS-theft-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/720\/405\/CVS-theft-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1440\/810\/CVS-theft-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/931\/523\/CVS-theft-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"CVS\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Workers planned to continue picketing until contract negotiations with the company resume Wednesday.<\/span><span> (Scott Olson\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;In my nine years of working with CVS, I&#8217;ve never been able to afford their health care plan,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Pharmacy chains across the country have struggled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">costs and online competition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch of CVS Health recently resigned, as shares dropped 19%. CVS is reaching the end of a three-year plan to close 900 stores.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s pharmacy technicians, who must complete an extensive training program and satisfy licensing requirements, currently make $24.90 an hour after five years on the job, the union said.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alfaro, a technician who is on strike, said stores are understaffed as the flu season begins, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/343\/192\/aacvs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/686\/384\/aacvs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/672\/378\/aacvs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1344\/756\/aacvs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/931\/523\/aacvs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1862\/1046\/aacvs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/720\/405\/aacvs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1440\/810\/aacvs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/931\/523\/aacvs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"CVS store location\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>CVS pharmacy technicians currently make $24.90 an hour after five years on the job, the union said.<\/span><span> (\u00a0Paul Weaver\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to call [patients] constantly to get flu shots, push vaccines,&#8221; Alfaro said. &#8220;This is a lot of extra work we&#8217;re expected to do, on top of filling medications at the pharmacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many stores have been locking up items in an effort to prevent shoplifting, forcing customers to ask employees to unlock items such as soap and laundry detergent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are so many customers that don&#8217;t get help and have to constantly wait to get something unlocked,&#8221; Acosta said. &#8220;They think we just don&#8217;t want to help them, when in reality the company doesn&#8217;t give us adequate staffing to be able to provide excellent customer service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Workers are also making other demands, including a request for better store security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/cvs-workers-strike-7-california-locations-seeking-better-pay-health-care\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out what&#8217;s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. 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