According to the union, the average CVS clerk makes less than $20 an hour and can’t afford to buy insurance from CVS, a health insurance company.

(NBC, KYMA/KECY) - Workers at CVS locations across Southern California have gone on strike for better pay and health care. The strike was authorized by a vote of the two local United Food and Commercial Workers Unions involved on September 29, with more than 90% in favor.

The strike involved UFCW Locals 5, 324, 648, 770, 1167, 1428, 1442, and San Diego-based 135, which also represents workers in Imperial County. Together, these locals represent 7,000 workers, with more than 900 in San Diego County.

The CVS workers’ strike, which affected about 7,000 workers across California, is over, and a tentative agreement between the union and the pharmacy chain has been reached. The agreement, announced by the United Food & Commercial Workers Locals 5,