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Community Penn Branch residents protest CVS closure, fearing loss of services The Penn Branch location is set to close July 9. Prescriptions will be moved to the Skyland location about a mile away.
The protests by nonunion workers, called Pharmageddon on social media, are affecting some CVS and Walgreens locations, according to organizers and workers.
CVS Health is contending with walkouts by pharmacists protesting working conditions and closing down multiple drugstores in and around Kansas City, Missouri.
Pharmacists and technicians, still outraged over working conditions, are planning another walkout this week to try and gain their employers' attention, one of the organizers said.
The Students for Life group held abortion pill protests in Central Virginia and across the country Saturday in opposition of drug store chains offering mifepristone.
Community members are planning a protest outside the store in the first week of July.
After a large walkout forced at least a dozen stores to shut down in the Kansas City area, CVS promises change. But critics say the crisis in staffing and unfair pay extends beyond that market.
Several anti-abortion protests expected at pharmacies in Chicago area Saturday More than 100 anti-abortion protests are planned nationwide against pharmacy chains Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid.
Walgreens and CVS employees are mostly not unionized, which makes a largescale walkout difficult to execute.
At least 20 pharmacies around the Kansas City Metro have been temporarily closed the past couple of days according to pharmacists.
Over 2,000 pharmacy staff members have allegedly agreed to walk out this week to protest working conditions at pharmacies around the U.S.