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Pharmacy workers at some Walgreens stores in the U.S. are planning strikes next week over difficult working conditions, a source with knowledge of the action confirmed to Fox News Digital on Saturday.
According to a CNN report, employees including pharmacists and technicians say their current workload, which includes administering various vaccinations, could compromise patient safety and make it more difficult to fill prescriptions correctly.
The strikes only take place from Monday to Wednesday.
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Walgreens pharmacy employees are planning a strike next week, a source told Fox News Digital. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/File/Getty Images)
As the second-largest pharmacy chain in the country, there are more than 8,600 Walgreens stores in the U.S., and employees at more than 500 of them are reportedly planning to leave their jobs.
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Late last month, employees at CVS Pharmacies in the Kansas City area walked off the job in protest of their workload.
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“This all comes down to not investing enough money to hire the appropriate staff to provide the services,” Ron Fitzwater, CEO of the Missouri Pharmacy Association, told the Associated Press.
Walgreens told Portal in a statement: “We are investing significantly in pharmacist wages and hiring bonuses to attract/retain talent in hard-to-staff locations.”
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Fox News Digital has reached out to Walgreens for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.