Teamsters Strike AmerisourceBergen

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Public Now

Distributed by Public on 03/12/2024 13:25

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - After 10 months of contentious contract negotiations, 124 members of Teamsters Local 150 are on strike at the AmerisourceBergen distribution center in Sacramento, Calif. The warehouse workers are seeking a fair wage progression, lower health care costs, and stronger seniority rights.

"All we want is a fair deal that improves our workplace, addresses our health care concerns, and fixes our outdated wage progression," said Chris Simpkins, a 33-year warehouse worker at AmerisourceBergen. "This used to be a good place to work, but corporate greed has taken over and the company has lost its way. We perform an important job that people depend on, and we deserve more."

With a current starting rate of $16.50 an hour and a six-year wage progression topping out at $26 an hour. AmerisourceBergen is also attempting to take away 16 hours of paid vacation time to offset the cost of the additional 16 hours of paid sick leave mandated under Senate Bill 616, which went into effect Jan. 15.

Workers are also striking over the high costs for health insurance, with the average worker paying 25 percent of the monthly health insurance premiums, which can result in more than $6,000 per year, in addition to out-of-pocket expenses and copays.

Read more: https://www.publicnow.com/view/DCF6FA0BB58980100BC1A230003388275D16EED2

[pfitz59]

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Doping the nation by the truckload.

[Mosby]

2. They are a wholesaler.

Who sell to pharmacies.

They don't write the prescriptions, doctors do that.

[IronLionZion]

3. They sell the pills to the pill mills

they are being sued by several states for selling way more opioid drugs than pharmacies would possibly need for legit use. They knew what they were doing and saw a tremendous opportunity to profit from addiction/abuse.