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LloydsPharmacy and the PDA Union issue joint statement on union recognition
Mon 8th February 2021
Business and union issue joint statement confirming that pharmacists at LloydsPharmacy will in future be able to negotiate over certain terms and conditions and be consulted on matters which impact on their employment, through the PDA Union.
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PDA Union and LloydsPharmacy issue joint statement on recognition talks
Wed 23rd December 2020
PDA Union negotiators representing pharmacists at Lloyds Pharmacy have progressed talks with company representatives and the two sides have issued their first joint statement.
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Another success for pharmacists at Lloydspharmacy as trade union bargaining unit decided
Fri 20th November 2020
Pharmacists at Lloyds have moved another step closer to securing an independent voice at work through their trade union, the PDAU. The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) have decided which pharmacists will be in scope of union recognition; accepting in full the PDA proposal and rejecting entirely the company’s alternative.
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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 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.
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LloydsPharmacy timeline
Pharmacists and pre-regs employed at Lloyds want an independent voice at work. With trade union recognition via the PDA Union they will be able to negotiate for better working conditions and terms and conditions of employment, such as pay, hours and holiday. This timeline details how we have reached this point.
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Confusing message on union recognition issued by Lloyds does not address data breaches
Fri 9th October 2020
PDA members working at LloydsPharmacy have been in contact to report a confusing message they recently received from a senior company representative about recognition of the PDA. The management message fails to address the issue of data breaches involving pharmacists' personal data
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Lloyds pharmacists pass first test on road to union recognition
Fri 11th September 2020
Pharmacists at LloydsPharmacy (Lloyds) have made significant progress towards trade union recognition as the government body that oversees the process has formally accepted their application. The process now moves forward to decide which pharmacists will be included in the bargaining unit.
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PDA invite LloydsPharmacy to work together to resolve pharmacist concerns
Mon 7th September 2020
The PDA have written to LloydsPharmacy (Lloyds) inviting them to work with the union to resolve the concerns of pharmacists over the change programme being implemented by the company
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Lloyds pharmacists raise concerns about change proposals
Thu 20th August 2020
The PDA has received multiple reports from members after asking for details from the large number of pharmacists who may need support with dealing with the company’s so-called “transformation and harmonisation programme”.
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Your help needed to pass on an URGENT request for Lloyds pharmacists to pledge support for union recognition
Mon 10th August 2020
All pharmacists at LloydsPharmacy have the opportunity to pledge their support for the profession to secure an independent voice at work through a trade union recognition agreement. Although we can contact those who are already our members directly, we need the help of our 31,000 members to help us get this message to those Lloyds pharmacists who have not yet joined the PDA.