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Netherlands: pharmacy workers plan strike for 6% raise and raising minimum wage (nltimes.nl)

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months 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.