OFL TO SHOPPERS DRUG MART: STOP HOLDING THE PUBLIC TO RANSOM! OFL TO GOVERNMENT: FOLLOW IRISH
(TORONTO) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour, representing one million Ontario workers, is demanding that Shoppers Drug Mart stop holding the public to ransom.
“The threatened reductions in store and pharmacy hours announced by Shoppers Drug Mart today, as well as its conduct throughout this initiative, will deprive many of the most vulnerable people such as the elderly, cancer and urgent-care patients, and those living in poverty from accessing the drugs and help they need,” says OFL President Sid Ryan.
“If the attack by Shoppers Drug Mart continues we urge the government to follow Ireland’s example when it was embroiled in the same fight last year and contemplate establishing publicly run pharmacies.”
Ryan noted that the OFL is not prepared to watch this initiative fail and that there are numerous solutions and actions to be discussed with OFL membership. “In the meantime, if Shoppers Drug Mart refuses to provide services, we are calling on the government to step in.”
“The threatened reductions in store and pharmacy hours announced by Shoppers Drug Mart today, as well as its conduct throughout this initiative, will deprive many of the most vulnerable people such as the elderly, cancer and urgent-care patients, and those living in poverty from accessing the drugs and help they need,” says OFL President Sid Ryan.
“If the attack by Shoppers Drug Mart continues we urge the government to follow Ireland’s example when it was embroiled in the same fight last year and contemplate establishing publicly run pharmacies.”
Ryan noted that the OFL is not prepared to watch this initiative fail and that there are numerous solutions and actions to be discussed with OFL membership. “In the meantime, if Shoppers Drug Mart refuses to provide services, we are calling on the government to step in.”
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