Workers at seven CVS pharmacies in California are now on strike, seeking better pay and health care, as the stores remain open and staffed by managers and nonunion employees.

The union represents nearly 7,000 CVS workers who are on strike to protest what leaders say are unlawful activities that have interfered with bargaining and prevented employees from reaching a

Workers at seven CVS pharmacies in Southern California have gone on strike for better pay and health care and to protest what they say is bad-faith contract bargaining by the company.