Published
Video length: 2 min
Pharmacists on strike: one day closed Thursday May 30
75 to 90% of pharmacies could be closed Thursday, May 30, due to a strike. Pharmacists want to raise awareness about their difficulties, particularly the shortage of medicines and their declining income.
(franceinfo)
Many pharmacies are expected to be closed on Thursday, May 30, due to a call for a strike launched by the main pharmacists’ unions. The organizations particularly fear the end of the monopoly on the sale of medicines.
A national strike movement will affect pharmacies, and perhaps yours, on Thursday May 30, for several reasons. Pharmacies fear, among other things, losing their monopoly on the sale of medicines, which would lead to the possibility of purchasing them elsewhere than from your pharmacist. Another problem that professionals fear is the shortage of medicines. In recent years, it has been difficult to obtain the necessary treatment for many prescriptions received.
Pharmacies are facing increasing costs and the upheaval of their profession. Customers rather support pharmacists, themselves first worried about the idea of loss of contact and other consequences. The strike is likely to be very popular in French pharmacies. Thursday May 30, pharmacist demonstrations are organized throughout France.
