'Pharmageddon' hits U.S. with walkouts at multiple pharmacies, including CVS and Walgreens

Pharmacists protesting deteriorating working conditions inside the nation’s largest retail chains have launched their third and largest walkout of the season with a three-day movement they have dubbed "Pharmageddon."

Organizers estimated the effort has drawn as many as 4,500 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from multiple chains, including CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens. It also drew support from the American Pharmacists Association, the industry’s largest professional organization, which said in a statement that it stands with every participant of the movement.

Representatives from all three companies, however, told USA TODAY they are experiencing zero to minimal disruptions as a result of the effort.

It is the latest walkout to hit the troubled industry this autumn. The first closed more than a dozen CVS pharmacies in the Kansas City area in September. The second affected roughly the same number of Walgreens stores from coast to coast in early October.

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