Boots

• PDA say health & safety must be priority after Community pharmacists raise concerns over instructions to avoid test and trace rules

  Fri 23rd October 2020 The PDA

  The PDA Union is hearing from employed pharmacists at several multiples who have been instructed by their employers to turn off the NHS COVID-19 test and trace app when at work and worryingly some pharmacists are being told to refuse to ‘self-isolate’ if contacted by track and trace in respect of a colleague who has tested positive. This is also a significant concern for locum members who may be working in these multiples’ pharmacies. 

• One year on we celebrate the PDA Reps Network in Boots

  Wed 21st October 2020 The PDA

  The PDA Union network is trained to support union members with the majority already also trained as Health & Safety reps. They work tirelessly to represent the interests of PDA members and the wider pharmacist population who work in Boots. 

• Boots Update – October 2020

  Wed 21st October 2020 The PDA

  Welcome to the October Boots Update - keeping you informed of all the PDA Union activities within Boots.  

• Boots pay claim update

  Wed 7th October 2020 The PDA

  The PDA has sent union members at Boots an update on the pharmacists' annual pay negotiations. As also detailed in a joint statement published with the company, the 2020 talks are being referred to ACAS in the hope they can help the employer and employee representatives reach an agreement.  

• Joint statement – Boots & the PDA Union

  Wed 7th October 2020 PDA Union

  The PDA Union and Boots have released their latest joint statement following a meeting held on 24 September 2020.  

• Latest minutes of the Joint Consultative Committee at Boots

  Tue 8th September 2020 PDA Union

  The minutes of the latest Joint Consultative Committee meeting between representatives of the company and the PDA Union have been published.  

• 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. 

• PDA comment on announcements of pay increases for public servants

  Wed 22nd July 2020 The PDA

  Pharmacists working in the NHS will understandably question why they were not included in the government's announcement this week. The PDA advises caution when reading the reports of the increases as some key facts have been left out of the Treasury press release. 

• Boots Pharmacists Pay Claim 2020

  Fri 17th July 2020 The PDA

  The PDA Union has submitted the 2020 pay claim to Boots on behalf of pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists. 

• PDA response to Boots announcement

  Thu 9th July 2020 PDA Union

  The PDA have responded to an announcement from Boots which may lead to thousands of job losses as part of the next phase of the company's “Transformation Plan”. 

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