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Total Compensation Package Comparison for Osco, CVS and Walgreens Pharmacists

| June 8, 2016

During Wednesday’s federal mediation session, Osco management gave the Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee a presentation with slides explaining that the company views its health care costs as part of a total compensation package in order to be competitive with CVS and Walgreens.

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Osco Finally Gives Union Regressive Health Care Proposal

Osco Finally Gives Union Regressive Health Care Proposal

| June 8, 2016

For the first time – after eight full meetings — Osco management finally gave the Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee an official health care proposal as federal mediation resumed June 8.

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CVS Pharmacists: Sign the Petition for a Fair Contract!

CVS Pharmacists: Sign the Petition for a Fair Contract!

| June 2, 2016

The Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee will present to CVS management a petition from pharmacists, who are calling on the company to reach a fair agreement on a new contract.

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Pharmacists: Jewel-Osco’s Business Decisions Put Public at Risk

Pharmacists: Jewel-Osco’s Business Decisions Put Public at Risk

| May 27, 2016

Local 727 began informing the public of the safety risks associated with Jewel-Osco’s chronic understaffing amid ever-increasing pharmacist workloads by informational picketing outside Chicago-area stores.

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CVS Management Sticks to Radical Concessions, Ignores Key Issues During Bargaining With Teamster Pharmacists

| May 26, 2016

Throughout a full-day of new contract negotiations on May 26, management for CVS altogether refused to budge from the radical concessions its demanding of Teamster-represented pharmacists.

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