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Boots UK and other Trade Unions
Sat 26th January 2019
We know that the senior management at Boots UK have spent years preventing pharmacists from having their trade union, the PDA Union, recognised, but that’s not the company’s attitude to working with trade unions representing other employees.
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PDA Union Statement: Boots’ management oppose early release of ballot papers
Fri 25th January 2019
Boots have previously indicated that they also want to see maximum voter participation so we have asked Boots to support an application to ensure ballot papers are issued as soon as possible, however in their response the company have said they will not, and are opposing early release of the voting papers.
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Boots recognition: An 8-year Journey
Thu 24th January 2019
Boots Pharmacists’ legal battle to secure an independent voice at work in order to improve their working conditions will shortly reach its eighth anniversary. This means that it is likely that many of the pre-registration and newly qualified pharmacists now employed by the retailer had not finished secondary school when the action began.
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Insight Online – January 2019
Wed 23rd January 2019
Welcome to the latest issue of Insight Online. This regular mailing keeps you updated on PDA news and events, as well as issues that affected you at work.
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Improving Equality at Boots
Wed 23rd January 2019
A key objective of the PDA Union is to tackle inequality at work and when we say that, we mean our constitution explicitly states that we exist to “promote equality for all and to eliminate all forms of harassment, prejudice and unfair discrimination…”
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Boots Ballot: An international perspective
Tue 22nd January 2019
We know that the senior management at Boots UK have spent 8 years preventing you from having your trade union, the PDA Union, legally recognised but have you ever wondered how Walgreen Boots Alliance (WBA) relate to pharmacist trade unions in other countries?
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PDA National Conference brings together renowned national and international speakers to help shape the future of pharmacy
Tue 22nd January 2019
The PDA has announced the dates of their National Conference, titled “Moving from Supply to Services: Managing the risks; Embracing the Opportunities’, which takes place at the Park Regis Hotel in Birmingham on 30th and 31st March 2019.
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Boots: How forced distribution can inhibit genuine performance management
Mon 21st January 2019
Pharmacists tell us the current pay and reward system in Boots is demoralising, unfair and opaque, and it must be changed.
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Sharing Smartcard access could result in instant dismissal
Sun 20th January 2019
The PDA would like to draw your attention to a recent Employment Tribunal where a practice manager had been immediately dismissed for allowing a pharmacist to use their smartcard to perform a bulk prescription process on the surgery IT system.
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Boots Pharmacists: Why recognise a trade union?
Sun 20th January 2019
Doctors have the BMA, Physiotherapists the CSP, Nurses the RCN, Midwives the RCM and so on across the sector. Since 2008, Pharmacists have had the PDA Union standing up for their rights too.