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The UFCW Professional Division:
A Voice for America's Pharmacists
Overview by Michael Straeter, Pharm.D., President UFCW 1442. Large version

UFCW's Andrea Zinder: Fighting for You on the State Board
UFCW's Andrea Zinder fights for your rights and protection on the California State Pharmacy Board. Large version

Pharmacists To Pharmacists
The UFCW Advantage: Pharmacists discuss the advantages and benefits of the UFCW Professional Division compared to the Guild.. Large version

UFCW Pharmacists Earn $16,057 More Per Year Than CVS Guild Pharmacists

  • UFCW Pharmacists Earn $16,057 More Per Year
    Can you afford to lose $562,016? Can you afford to lose your UFCW Health Benefits? Can you afford to stop growing your UFCW Retirement? Vote for the UFCW Professional Division.
  • Apples to Apples
    The Guild is comparing apples to oranges when it talks about their higher salaries for retail store Pharmacists. When you compare the contract YOU have with the contract the Guild has signed - YOUR UFCW retail store contract wins hands down!

Guild Contract - Read it Yourself... Don't be Mislead!

Guild Concerns

What the UFCW Does for You

UFCW Supports the CPhA

Message from the CPhA
"CPhA is proud of the support we have received from our partners in the UFCW Professional Division in our struggle to prevent the drastic cuts in Medi-Cal reimbursement rates."
Lynn Rolston
Chief Executive Officer
California Pharmacists Association

Related UFCW Info

Your UFCW Pension & Benefits – Questions and Answers

UFCW Victorious!

  • An Overwhelming Win
    Pharmacists from Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons overwhelmingly voted for the UFCW Professional Division in the August 2008 Representation Election. The strength of the vote is a clear mandate from the pharmacists for the UFCW Professional Division to pursue the best pharmacy contract in the nation. The Guild and companies were stunned by the margin of victory.
  • Election Results
    UFCW: 67% of votes
    Guild: 17% of votes
    No union: 14% of votes

 

 

 

 


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Update: Medi-Cal Cuts Allowed to Proceed
Attention UFCW Albertsons Pharmacists - "On-Duty" Meal Period Meetings and Forms Violate Your Rights

The UFCW understands that Albertsons has been holding meetings and distributing waiver forms for your signature regarding an “on the clock” meal period. This direct dealing by Albertsons is a violation of our contract and the National Labor Relations Act and, according to our attorneys, violates YOUR rights under the California Labor Code.

As such, the UFCW has requested a meeting with Albertsons to bargain with the Unions prior to taking any further action with regard to the meal-period policy and the waiver forms.

If you have any questions regarding this policy and/or the UFCW Professional Division's efforts on your behalf, please send an e-mail to .

Attention UFCW Vons Pharmacists

You may have recently received an email communication from Vons management regarding Vons’ new vacation pay policy. Since the e-mail is confusing and somewhat misleading, the UFCW wishes to clarify the policy and your rights:

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Welcome to the UFCW Professional Division Website. We have developed this site to provide you with immediate access to information which affects the pharmacists we represent. This site is intended to give special recognition to the dedicated pharmacists who make up our UFCW Professional Division.

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Pharmacy Alerts
  • CA State Board of Pharmacy Subscriber Alert
    April 28, 2008
    The board is again advising all licensees to carefully check all drug inventory for recalled Heparin products. As part of its consumer protection mandate the board is inspecting licensed facilities to confirm that all affected drug product is appropriately quarantined to eliminate further use of the recalled product. The board is working with the FDA and the Department of Public Health and is advising these agencies of our findings. Please visit the FDA web site for a complete list of all affected products. View all FDA recall notices.
  • CA State Board of Pharmacy Subscriber Alert
    March 26, 2008
    Today, the Board of Pharmacy voted to delay implementation of electronic pedigree requirements for prescription drugs from 2009 until 2011. The board made this decision pursuant this policy statement (PDF).
  • CA State Board of Pharmacy Subscriber Alert
    March 6, 2008
    GlaxoSmithKline is recalling Wellbutrin XL® (bupropion hydrochloride extended-release tablets) 300 mg packaged as bottles of 30 tablets for lot number P08A011 from the retail and wholesale levels. Entire Drug Recall Notice.
  • CA State Board of Pharmacy Subscriber Alert
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced a nationwide recall of all lots of heparin and saline pre-filled flush syringes manufactured by AM2 PAT, Inc., of Angier, N.C. Two lots have been found to be contaminated with Serratia marcescens, a bacterium that can cause serious injury or death. More info.
  • CA State Board of Pharmacy Subscriber Alert
    California State Board of Pharmacy Subscriber Alert Baxter Healthcare Corporation has announced the voluntary recall of nine lots of heparin sodium injection 1000 units/mL 10mL and 30mL multi-dose vials. More info.
  • Important Medicare Update
    2008 Medicare Part D Enrollment Continues through December 31, 2007 (PDF)
  • RE: Disaster Reponse Policy and Emergency Refill Authority
    The Board of Pharmacy continues to strongly support the efforts of our licensees in caring for patients impacted by the Southern California wildfires.  We have received stories of how pharmacies have been aiding patients, and in several weeks will actively seek such reports so that we can build a record.

    We remind all licensees of the board's disaster response policy and the existing (everyday) authority of pharmacists to provide emergency refills of medicine when the prescriber is not available (California Business and Professions Code section 4064).
    October 25, 2007
  • RE: Pharmacy Operations in Fire Affected Areas of California
    California pharmacies are reminded that the Board of Phamacy has activated its emergency response provisions to all pharmacies under the authority granted it by Business and Professions Code 4062 and its disaster response policy. It is the expectation of the board that patients in or from affected areas will continue to receive prescription medicine, and pharmacists are expected to use professional judgment in providing care. The priority of the board is patient care first. Pharmacists licensed in other states are welcome to help provide pharmacy services to affected patients in California.
    October 24, 2007
  • Counterfeit blood glucose test strips are being sold in the U.S. for use with various models of LifeScan, Inc., One Touch Brand Blood Glucose Monitors.
    October 13, 2006
  • Advair Diskus® — Drug recall
    September 19, 2006
  • Paxil CR® Tablets — Drug recall
    September 8, 2006