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Just wanted to put out that the union busters for this post came out strong. I know a lot of people at OPO would definitely be in favor of unionizing, and I have to imagine there must be similar feelings from people in Deerfield. The people who say now is not the time are not only wrong, but are probably being paid to union bust. The best time to unionize are when conditions are tough and management is inconsistent. If you love Walgreens and want to see it improve, you should absolutely talk about unionizing. Statistically speaking, companies that unionize perform more consistently and employees are paid more, even accounting for the loss of union dues.
No. DEI is what ki-led the company and I'm not interested in joining an organization that will likely prioritize that. It's not fiscally responsible. It took them way too long to admit that focusing on equity was the main issue. And before the backlash towards, is it really about equity when you layoff people from all sorts of backgrounds in the Chicago area and also close a bunch of stores in urban areas, places well known to be diverse? The company never cared about diversity and you don't need validation from a corporation. They only do it as a front to protect themselves from bad press. "We don't do ABC because we are XYZ."
They have never cared about it. Only the money they got from the ESG investments, until it couldn't outweigh the shrink.
Start redoing your resumes to send to recruiters. There is a service you can get to help with that, which you can take out of your severance pay. Otherwise, please focus on keywords in your resume and put your skill sets at the top. Delete education years (not your degree) to not look old to the recruiter and ai program they use to scan.
Good luck to everyone. I'll be praying for all of us.
Too late. Better luck next time. You unionize when business is good or back in the 1920s or 30s. Now no bargaining power. All just glad to have a job for a lil while till all goes roads go to India or AI. It's almost all kaput folkś
@a5 what is your deal? I know you’re the same person that is always talking about drinking the “kool aid.” Why are you so worried about what direction other people choose to go with their career? You’re obviously quite bitter over something related to Walgreens. I hope you’ve found greener pastures. I’m sure a lot of people at Walgreens will eventually and some might even end up staying and be just fine. Maybe, I don’t have the answers but I do know getting on here and belittling people isn’t useful.
I don’t think your aim is to be useful though. Seems more like you just need to get some stuff out or maybe make others feel as sad as you do inside. Again, I hope you yourself either find a new job outside of Walgreens or already have and are so happy that you won’t ever again think about going to a site related to Walgreens layoffs and posting your sad angry feelings.
I was involved in an organizing effort at a previous employer, and I'm wholeheartedly pro-union. But the time to organize at Walgreens was a long time ago, not now.
Forming a union takes a lot of effort from people who are invested in staying and making the company work. If the people who would be your organizing core are also looking for new jobs/leaving for new jobs it's hard to sustain momentum.
Even then, there are a ton of barriers to unionizing and a lot of things a company can do to stifle union efforts. And it takes time to organize, which isn't seeming super likely for a lot of us.
why bother to pay dues to a union-when you could just find a better paying job by leaving. Don't force the rest of us to join your union. Freedom of choice for work environment.
How about wake up and just move on from Walgreen's. Is that company the best you can get? For most I guess so or else why would you put you and your family through that cr-p. Instead of playing defensive on why you would stay or are staying...have some guts.