Pharmacy Careers

DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Negotiations this week between pharmacists at Chicago-area Walgreens drug stores and the Walgreen Co., based here, failed to result in a new agreement, meaning that the pharmacists' strike, which began July 6, will continue. Despite the strike, a sizable number of pharmacists are back on the job, although the two sides disagree on how many.

DENVER -- A three judge panel in the 10th Circuit federal appeals court here has overturned a 1999 ruling that Wal-Mart broke labor laws by not compensating its pharmacists for overtime work, according to published reports. The reversal of the ruling virtually guarantees a long trial, unless the parties reach a settlement.