A national effort to unionize pharmacists against worsening conditions inside chains like CVS and Walgreens has hit a milestone as workers at the first of what organizers say will be dozens of pharmacies files a federal petition seeking the right to join The Pharmacy Guild.
AHN says the increase will start at the end of March, affecting about 1,700 employees who are already at or near the current minimum hourly wage of $16 an hour.
Subsidiary Highmark Inc., which includes its Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance plans, took the biggest hit with 159 people furloughed in Western Pennsylvania and Erie.