Workers at seven CVS pharmacies in Southern California are protesting what they say is bad-faith contract bargaining by the company.

(NBC, KYMA/KECY) - Workers at CVS locations across Southern California have gone on strike for better pay and health care. The strike was authorized by a vote of the two local United Food and Commercial Workers Unions involved on September 29, with more than 90% in favor.

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We want to be with our patients, not on a picket line, but we can’t keep working in a system that treats mental health care like an assembly line job,” said a therapist for the

Abby Leal, a certified nursing assistant in Turlock, will see the biggest wage increase she’s ever gotten from her employer — from $20.60 to $23. She’s not the only one.

While California SB 525 was originally passed over a year ago, after several delays, it is scheduled to finally go into effect on October 16,

Workers at seven CVS pharmacies in Southern California have gone on strike for better pay and health care and to protest what they say is bad-faith contract bargaining by the company

CVS workers in Southern California have had enough, hitting the picket lines on October 19, 2024, in a strike action aimed at better pay, improved healthcare, and fair treatment at the bargaining table.