Pharmacy workers planning national strike on Nov. 12 over wage increase
nltimes.nl
Pharmacy workers in the Netherlands plan to walk off the job in a nationwide strike set for November 12. Between now and then, they will also plan a series of regional strikes as part of their ongoing fight for higher wages, said labor unions FNV and CNV, as well as the national pharmacists' organization KNMP.
    • Tar_AlcaranEnglish
      5·
      27 days ago

      The lowest paid pharmacy workers earn 27,746 euros per year, before taxes.

      In the Netherlands, a pharmacist is a protected proffesion that require a specific university 3-year university master’s degree, with a mandatory 1000-hour internship (for a pittance, of course).

      The median national income for everyone is 43k, so yeah, they really should be getting a raise!

      • taladarEnglish
        6·
        27 days ago

        A pharmacist and a pharmacy worker are not the same thing though.

        • Tar_AlcaranEnglish
          1·
          27 days ago

          Ah, that’s fair, not everyone there has to be a pharmacist

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        27 days ago

        it’s insane how standard it is to exploit healthcare workers just because they can’t really strike without killing people, nor can they quit without the knowledge that people will die as a consequence since no one else wants to do the shit work for shit pay.

        It’s just a tax on having a conscience, the more you care about others the more you can be exploited.