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In July 2019, Boots UK and the PDA Union signed their first voluntary recognition agreement. This means the PDA Union now has collective bargaining rights for negotiations on pay, hours and holiday, as well as consultative meetings on a range of topics, representing PDA Union members who are store-based Boots pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists.

  • PDAU donates £1,750 to the National Autistic Society

    Thu 19th September 2019 The PDA

    The PDAU promised to give £1 to charity for each vote cast in the recognition ballot at Boots this year, and as a result a total donation of £3,500 has been split between two charities. The first half of the total amount raised has been donated to the National Autistic Society (NAS). 

  • PDA Union recognition agreement features in IDS Employment Law Brief

    Fri 30th August 2019 The PDA

    After the PDA Union and Boots signed their first voluntary recognition agreement last month, the news has featured in the latest issue of IDS Employment Law Brief. 

  • Joint statement – Boots and PDAU Joint Negotiating Body

    Wed 14th August 2019 The PDA

    The PDA Union and Boots have signed a recognition agreement which will shape employee relations for pharmacists at the company. This is their joint statement. 

  • First PDAU network in place at Boots

    Tue 13th August 2019 The PDA

    Following the recognition agreement signed by the PDA Union and Boots, the PDAU has now established a network of PDAU representatives to represent the circa 7,000 pharmacists and pre-registration trainees employed at the company. 

  • Boots Pharmacists pay claim 2019

    Mon 15th July 2019 PDA Union

    The PDA Union have submitted the 2019 pay claim to Boots on behalf of 7,000 pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists 

  • Joint statement – Boots and the PDA Union sign voluntary recognition agreement

    Thu 11th July 2019 PDA Union

    The PDA Union and Boots have signed a recognition agreement which will shape employee relations for pharmacists at the company. This is their joint statement. 

  • 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. 

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