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CVS Still Pushing for 12-Hour Shifts, Meager Wage Increases

CVS Still Pushing for 12-Hour Shifts, Meager Wage Increases

| May 10, 2016

CVS management made little movement to address pharmacists’ concerns about quality of life issues during another long negotiation meeting with the Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee on May 10.

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Teamsters: CVS Is Unfair to Labor, Unfair to Pharmacists

Teamsters: CVS Is Unfair to Labor, Unfair to Pharmacists

| May 10, 2016

CVS pharmacists and Teamsters Local 727 representatives took action Tuesday, May 10, by passing out handbills outside Chicago-area pharmacies to inform the public of safety risks associated with CVS management’s mistreatment of overworked and understaffed pharmacists.

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Union, CVS to Resume Negotiations May 10

Union, CVS to Resume Negotiations May 10

| May 5, 2016

The Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee and CVS management have agreed to meet again on Tuesday, May 10, to continue contract negotiations.

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‘They Don’t Care About Us’: CVS Ignores Pharmacists’ Concerns

‘They Don’t Care About Us’: CVS Ignores Pharmacists’ Concerns

| May 3, 2016

After seven negotiation meetings with the Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee, CVS management is still refusing to listen to pharmacists’ concerns about their diminishing working conditions.

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Union Continues to Fight For CVS Pharmacists’ Overlap, Reasonable Work Hours

| May 2, 2016

CVS management continues to demand that pharmacists work longer days while cutting their weekly hours. “Like we have been saying all along, this contract is about quality of life issues,” said John Coli Jr., President of Teamsters Local 727.

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