LOS ANGELES—CVS pharmacy clerks and technicians walked off the job and onto picket lines at select locations Friday as their union pushes for a new contract and alleges unlawful labor practices, while store officials insisted they’ve negotiated in good faith and already reached tentative deals with the union on key issues.
CVS Pharmacy workers represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770 in Southern California declared a strike at 7 a.m. Friday and began picketing at a store at 1701 S. Western Ave. in Los Angeles.
The union represents nearly 7,000 CVS workers, and its members last month voted to authorize a strike. Union leaders say they are protesting what they call unlawful activities that have interfered with bargaining and prevented employees from reaching a fair deal….