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Over 6,000 pharmacy professionals and graduating pharmacy students attended the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) annual meeting in Los Angeles in March. IAM Healthcare and The Pharmacy Guild/IAM hosted a booth staffed by a dynamic team of pharmacy professionals and IAM organizers. The union booth was within eyesight of the massive CVS Pharmacy booth. The Pharmacy
Read morePatient Care Associates (PCAs) and Psychiatric Care Technicians (PCTs) employed by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center voted overwhelmingly late last week to ratify their first union contract. The agreement, which took effect on Monday, April 7, ends a tense period of negotiations which saw hundreds of front-line health care workers and Columbus community
Read moreIAM Healthcare Bargaining Committee Member Kelly Williams read a powerful message from her coworkers in the executive office of The Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center. Her statement listed the reasons safe staffing levels are critical to patient care at OSU hospitals and called for OSU executives to recruit and retain more front-line healthcare staff.
Read moreThe IAM’s movement to unionize America’s pharmacy industry continues to gain momentum. For the first time since launching The Pharmacy Guild (TPG), pharmacists and technicians at Walgreens are taking the next step for their patients by seeking a union election. The store in Vancouver is also the first workplace in Washington State to join TPG’s
Read moreThe momentum of healthcare organizing in the IAM is growing, as shown by the recent victory of 74 healthcare professionals at MultiCare Healthcare System in Tacoma, Wash., who voted to join IAM District 160. The healthcare professionals at MultiCare voted to join IAM Healthcare to strengthen their voice on the job. They cited concerns about
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