Here's Why Frustrated Kansas City CVS Pharmacists Walked Out

Insight into local labor struggles at the high end should spark concern for all workers & managers. 

The CVS walkout merits consideration because pharmacists are highly skilled workers with advanced degrees who are speaking out against labor conditions. 

Drilling down into the deets . . . It seems that personnel decisions sparked the medical labor drama: 

While the group’s specific complaints focus on store staffing and quotas, the walkout reflects a rising outcry from pharmacists at several national pharmacy chains. They say their work requirements leave them unable to safely fill and verify prescriptions, putting patients at risk of serious harm or even death.

They said they initiated the walkout after a Kansas City-based manager was fired. His firing, they claim, came because he refused to force pharmacists to close their own stores on the weekends so they could pitch in at other short-staffed locations.

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CVS pharmacists stage walkout over working conditions, leaving pharmacy counters closed

The walkout in the Kansas City area comes amid national concern over patient safety. Pharmacists say staffing doesn't match rising workplace demands.