The Pharmacy Guild supports Walgreens CEO’s comments on securing provider status for pharmacists, if matched with action on staffing
Washington, DC – The Pharmacy Guild (TPG) applauded recent comments by Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Tim Wentworth on the need to achieve provider status for all pharmacists. TPG urges Walgreens to be a partner in ensuring this expansion comes with urgently...
Pharmacy unionizing efforts build momentum as a CVS Omnicare in Las Vegas seeks to join
By Emily Le Coz | March 25th, 2024
“OUR PATIENTS DESERVE BETTER”: PHARMACY PROFESSIONALS IN LAS VEGAS FILE TO UNIONIZE IN FIRST-IN-THE-NATION HISTORIC EFFORT
Motivated by patient care concerns caused by years of chronic understaffing, CVS Omnicare pharmacists and pharmacy technicians file to join The Pharmacy Guild in groundbreaking industry-wide organizing campaign. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Pharmacy professionals at CVS...
Pharmacy walkouts lead to beginnings of pharmacy union
By Mickie Cathers | March 2024
During the fall of 2023, pharmacy personnel staged walkouts at Walgreens and CVS stores citing unhealthy and unjust working conditions that put patient safety at risk. These protests by pharmacists and pharmacy personnel, which also included pharmacy labor advocates, led to the launch of the Pharmacy Guild, a formal unionization effort for pharmacy workers.