Thousands of CVS workers at seven Southern California stores returned to work on Oct. 21 after a three-day strike over alleged unfair labor practices.
Nearly 7,000 workers, represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), walked off their jobs on Friday.
Union members authorized the strike in September after negotiating with CVS since May. The contract representing California’s CVS workers expired June 30. According to UFCW, the organization intentionally did not agree to a contract extension because it would have prevented the workers from going on strike.
The union also filed unfair labor practice charges against CVS for allegedly unlawful surveillance of workers, retaliation for union activity, and prohibition of employees from engaging in union activity….