We had exhausted the legal process. The Court of Appeal clarified that the route to recognition of the PDA Union to negotiate working conditions and terms and conditions of employment, such as pay, hours and holiday, on behalf of Boots pharmacists and preregs, was for pharmacists and pre-regs to seek derecognition of the BPA. Boots and government lawyers supported this argument in court.
A number of your Boots pharmacist colleagues sought the BPA’s derecognition by making a formal legal application to the Central Arbitration Committee. What happened next is outlined on this website.
If the PDA Union is subsequently recognised for collective bargaining, we would still work with BPA officials and remaining BPA members to ensure the interests of all Boots pharmacists were represented in the best way possible.