The piece gives a good general summary of the PDA Unions’ long-standing battle for recognition at Boots and mentions the historic significance of the case.
The article reads as follows:
PDAU signs recognition agreement
On 10 July, Boots UK and the Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union (PDAU) signed their first voluntary recognition agreement. This means that the PDAU now has collective bargaining rights for negotiation on pay, hours and holiday, representing PDAU members who are store-based Boots pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists.
The move follows the successful application by the PDAU to be recognised for collective bargaining in March this year. In 2018 a group of pharmacists applied to the Central Arbitration Committee to end collective bargaining arrangements between their employer and a non-independent (‘sweetheart’) trade union. A subsequent derecognition ballot was the first of its kind since the legislation was introduced, and this is the first time that an independent union has unseated a sweetheart union and then secured recognition. For further background, see Briefs 1087, 1066, 1009, 991 and 969.
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