Trade Unions

• Meet the PDA Union Reps Network in Boots

  Tue 29th October 2019 The PDA

  Meet the PDA Union members that make up the Boots Network. 

• PDAU comment on NHS Tayside industrial action

  Fri 20th September 2019 PDA Union

  The PDA Union are sending a message of support to pharmacy support workers and their trade union involved in industrial action at NHS Tayside. The PDAU is also advising PDAU members how to care for patients while respecting the strike action. 

• PDA wants to hear about the impact of Brexit on pharmacy

  Wed 7th August 2019 The PDA

  Brexit is the most significant political event happening and with the risk of a no deal exit from the UK’s membership of the EU coming closer, the PDA wants to make sure the interests of patients and pharmacists are being considered by decision makers. 

• PDA Union and Boots UK sign historic recognition agreement

  Thu 11th July 2019 PDA Union

  Representatives of Boots UK and the pharmacists trade union, PDA Union have signed a formal recognition agreement outlining how the union will represent the 7,000 store based pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists at the largest multiple pharmacy employer in the UK 

• PDA Union response as Boots announce plan to close c.200 stores

  Thu 27th June 2019 PDA Union

  The PDA Union is disappointed to note that following several denials by Boots UK in recent months in response to media speculation about store closures, Walgreens Boots Alliance have today confirmed a plan to close 200 stores. The Union will be doing all it can to defend the employment of PDAU members. 

• Boots pharmacists invited to shape the PDAU’s pay claim

  Mon 17th June 2019 The PDA

  The PDAU are inviting all eligible employed Boots pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists to tell them about their priorities and issues at work, via an online survey.  The survey responses will help shape the PDAU’s pay claim for the pay year commencing November 2019. 

• Media reports of Boots store closure strategy

  Tue 28th May 2019 PDA Union

  The PDA has seen media reports of a large scale branch closure programme by Boots and is reassuring members that the union will be doing all it can to protect their employment should they be affected. 

• Latest Issue of Boots News

  Fri 12th April 2019 PDA Union

  The PDA Union have issued the latest issue of Boots News, updating pharmacists about the negotiations happening with management. 

• Joint statement – Boots & the PDA Union

  Tue 9th April 2019 PDA Union

  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.  

• Wallgreens Boots Alliance have “most difficult quarter” of trading

  Wed 3rd April 2019 PDA Union

  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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