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Latest Issue of Boots News
Fri 12th April 2019
The PDA Union have issued the latest issue of Boots News, updating pharmacists about the negotiations happening with management.
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Joint statement – Boots & the PDA Union
Tue 9th April 2019
The PDA Union and Boots have released their first joint statement as they begin a new chapter in employee relations for pharmacists at the company.
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Wallgreens Boots Alliance have “most difficult quarter” of trading
Wed 3rd April 2019
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has warned that it may be forced to close stores and cut jobs in the UK after suffering the “most difficult quarter” since its formation via merger in 2014, even though the vertically integrated multinational is still making £Billions in profits. The PDA Union will be supporting any members affected by the consequences of this announcement.
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Boots campaign features in the latest Unions 21 podcast
Fri 29th March 2019
In the latest podcast from Unions 21, Becky Wright and Simon Sapper talk union recognition with Paul Day of the PDA Union and hear all about how Boots' senior management denied their pharmacists an independent voice at work for eight years and how, by never giving up, the PDAU changed that.
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PDA Union representatives will listen to all Boots pharmacists and trainee pharmacists (called pre-reg until end of summer 2021)
Sat 23rd March 2019
PDA Union asking all Boots pharmacists to let them know what should be made better at work and reiterating PDA Union representatives will act in the interests of the entire profession when they negotiate for all registered and trainee pharmacist (called pre-reg until end of summer 2021) store-based pharmacists at levels 5, 6 and 7.
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BOOTS pharmacists: You won the ballot and now you can be part of the team to help make things better
Mon 18th March 2019
We are inviting any PDAU members employed at Boots to volunteer to become part of our network at the company. We will need to fill a number of positions and to begin with we would like you to express initial interest in becoming part of the team.
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PDAU say change of law needed on sweetheart union derecognition
Wed 13th March 2019
The PDA Union have just won a recognition ballot which ended with an overwhelming win for the union, but say they believe the law on the overall process relating to derecognising a sweetheart union needs to be improved.
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Pharmacists invite Boots to start new chapter in employee relations
Mon 11th March 2019
John Murphy, General Secretary of the PDA Union has written to Boots head Seb James, inviting him to create a new, positive chapter in employee relations at the company.
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Overwhelming ballot result shows how out of touch Boots senior management are from their pharmacists.
Mon 11th March 2019
The result of the historic ballot was 3,229 votes (92.4%) in favour of the trade union, with only 266 votes (7.6%) supporting the senior management proposal. This also meant that 47.5% of those eligible to vote supported the union, which surpassed the 40% threshold required for the union to succeed.
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Boots Ballot: Time is running out, but there is still time to vote
Fri 1st March 2019
The countdown clock on the PDA website shows there are now less than ten days remaining for completed ballot papers to be received by Kanto Elect, the company managing the process, but PDAU still say that there is time to vote.