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• PDA Union submit formal request for recognition as BPA are derecognised with immediate effect

  Tue 12th June 2018 PDA Union

  Following the decisive result in the ballot of Boots pharmacists, the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) have terminated the agreement between Boots and the BPA, which blocked PDA Union’s previous attempts to get formal recognition at the company.  

• Boots ballot – what’s next?

  Fri 8th June 2018 PDA Union

  The decisive voting in the ballot that ends the recognition agreement between Boots and the BPA should be the start of a new chapter for community pharmacy employee relations with the PDA Union now moving towards recognition as the independent voice of pharmacists at the company.  

• Boots employees that voted in the ballot are invited to decide which charity will receive a donation

  Fri 8th June 2018 PDA Union

  Last month, we promised that we would give £1 to charity for each Boots pharmacist and pre-registration graduate that voted in the union derecognition ballot and we are fulfilling that commitment now. This was a great way to encourage people to vote in the ballot and raise money for a worthy cause in the process. The charitable gesture was not dependent on which way Boots pharmacists and pre-registration graduates voted. 

• BREAKING NEWS: We can now reveal the Boots ballot results…

  Wed 6th June 2018 PDA Union

  There were 6,890 pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists in the “bargaining unit” at Boots, each was eligible to cast one vote. They were asked if they supported the end of a recognition agreement between Boots and the Boots Pharmacists Association. Ending that agreement would clear the way for PDA Union to be recognised. 

• Wider than Medicines

  Mon 21st May 2018 The PDA

  Wider than Medicines is the PDA's long-term strategy for the pharmacy sector. It was launched at The Clinical Pharmacy Congress in April 2018 and outlines the steps needed to create an intelligent system that focuses on joined-up patient care.  

• Boots ballot latest: Inaccurate data from Boots leads to an extension to the voting period

  Sun 20th May 2018 PDA Union

  The PDA Union have successfully argued for an extension to the voting period for Boots pharmacists in order that more can participate in the ballot about who should represent them at work.  

• Official notice of ballot to derecognise the BPA

  Fri 18th May 2018 PDA Union

  The Central Arbitration Committee have reissued the formal notice of the ballot to derecognise the BPA at Boots after extending the period to Friday 1 June. The notice details the process and timetable for this essential development to secure an independent voice at work for community pharmacists. 

• PDA Union request timetable extension after inaccurate data affects Boots ballot

  Tue 15th May 2018 PDA Union

  PDA Union are calling again for an extension to the ballot process after almost 1% of eligible employees contacted the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) on day one because they had not received their ballot papers.  

• How the Boots ballot could benefit all pharmacists and trainee pharmacists (called pre-reg until end of summer 2021) graduates

  Thu 10th May 2018 PDA Union

  VIDEO: Mark Koziol explains how the Boots ballot to derecognise the Boots Pharmacists’ Association, could benefit all pharmacists and trainee pharmacist (called pre-reg until end of summer 2021) graduates. 

• Pharmacists on holiday could miss out on ballot

  Wed 9th May 2018 PDA Union

  Boots pharmacists and pre-registration graduates who are on annual leave mid-May could miss out on their chance to vote in the Boots ballot to derecognise the agreement with the BPA after the Central Arbitration Committee declined a request to extend the ballot period. 

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