PDA Union

• PDA exploring all options for pharmacist as pharmacy business faces insolvency

  Fri 4th September 2020 The PDA

  The PDA are exploring all options to ensure a pharmacist facing losing their job receives their full entitlement to compensation and pay, including owed holiday pay, after a pharmacy which is heading for insolvency told them to claim from the government for any monies owed.  

• Boots prison pharmacists to be transferred to Sodexo

  Thu 27th August 2020 The PDA

  Pharmacists employed by Boots in several prisons are having their employment transferred to a subsidiary of the French multinational Sodexo that provides custodial and post-release services to the UK Ministry of Justice, including directly managing several prisons. 

• Lloyds pharmacists raise concerns about change proposals

  Thu 20th August 2020 The PDA

  The PDA has received multiple reports from members after asking for details from the large number of pharmacists who may need support with dealing with the company’s so-called “transformation and harmonisation programme”. 

• Your help needed to pass on an URGENT request for Lloyds pharmacists to pledge support for union recognition

  Mon 10th August 2020 PDA Union

  All pharmacists at LloydsPharmacy have the opportunity to pledge their support for the profession to secure an independent voice at work through a trade union recognition agreement. Although we can contact those who are already our members directly, we need the help of our 31,000 members to help us get this message to those Lloyds pharmacists who have not yet joined the PDA. 

• PDA provide guidance for pharmacists at Lloyds

  Mon 10th August 2020 PDA Union

  The PDA have produced some general guidance in response to the growing number of pharmacists asking them for assistance as a result of the LloydsPharmacy (Lloyds), so-called: “transformation and harmonisation programme”. 

• Benefits for Lloyds pharmacists from union recognition

  Fri 7th August 2020 PDA Union

  PDA Union representative Paul Flynn sends a message to professional colleagues at LloydsPharmacy about the real difference trade union recognition can bring to pharmacists. 

• Latest on pharmacist union recognition at LloydsPharmacy

  Mon 3rd August 2020 PDA Union

  At the request of members, the PDA Union has submitted a statutory application for recognition to secure an independent voice at work for pharmacists at LloydsPharmacy (Lloyds). In a recent communication to pharmacists the company management claimed to be surprised by this action, so the union is reiterating how we reached this point while also giving an update on latest developments.  

• PDA members at LloydsPharmacy need your help

  Mon 27th July 2020 PDA Union

  Senior management at the McKesson group, the owners of LloydsPharmacy, have disputed the call from their pharmacists for an independent voice at work through a voluntary agreement of union recognition. Those pharmacists are now asking for help from colleagues across the profession. 

• Update on employment changes at LloydsPharmacy

  Sat 25th July 2020 PDA Union

  The PDA will be supporting any members affected by the announcement made by Lloyds Pharmacy about potential pharmacy closures, changes of ownership and changes to employment contracts. 

• PDA Union take part in the Pharmacy Show 2020

  Thu 23rd July 2020 The PDA

  As part of the Pharmacy Show 2020, PDA Union Reps delivered a webinar entitled “PDA Union for Pharmacists – the importance of indemnity and representation”, which covered a range of topics. 

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