this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2024
83 points (100.0% liked)

unions

1439 readers
251 users here now

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
cyu
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Tar_alcaran 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The lowest paid pharmacy workers earn 27,746 euros per year, before taxes.

In the Netherlands, a pharmacist is a protected proffesion that require a specific university 3-year university master's degree, with a mandatory 1000-hour internship (for a pittance, of course).

The median national income for everyone is 43k, so yeah, they really should be getting a raise!

[–] taladar 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A pharmacist and a pharmacy worker are not the same thing though.

[–] Tar_alcaran 1 points 1 month ago

Ah, that's fair, not everyone there has to be a pharmacist

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

it's insane how standard it is to exploit healthcare workers just because they can't really strike without killing people, nor can they quit without the knowledge that people will die as a consequence since no one else wants to do the shit work for shit pay.

It's just a tax on having a conscience, the more you care about others the more you can be exploited.