PDA Union

Deadline for Boots secret ballot passes with no agreement

The deadline has passed for a secret ballot of Boots pharmacists to be triggered on whether to de-recognise the Boots Pharmacists’ Association…

PDAU and senior Boots managers meet to discuss ongoing dispute

Talks have been held between members of the Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union and senior managers from Boots in an ongoing dispute over the legal status of the Boots Pharmacists’ Association…

PDAU moves a step closer to representing Boots pharmacists

The Central Arbitration Committee has accepted a legal application from Boots pharmacists to dissolve the agreement between Boots and the non-independent trade union, Boots Pharmacists’ Association.…

PDAU secures backing from 10% of Boots pharmacists in legal action

Boots pharmacists back Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union (PDAU) in its bid to derecognise Boots’ own representative body, and allow PDAU to negotiate on behalf of pharmacists working for Boots.…

PDA urges Boots pharmacists to pledge support for legal action

Boots pharmacists are being urged to officially pledge their support for a legal application to “derecognise” the Boots Pharmacists Association.…

Deadline set for BPA to respond to derecognition application

The Boots Pharmacists Association (BPA) has been given until the end of today (Friday 11 August) to respond to an application by a group of Boots pharmacists to have the association derecognised as the representative negotiating body for pharmacy staff at Boots.…

BPA attempts to fight off de-recognition challenge

Boots Pharmacists’ Association has written to Boots employees urging them to support the union in an attempt to prevent its de-recognition as the representative negotiating body for pharmacy staff at Boots.…

High Court throws out legal challenge over GPhC standards but PDA says ruling provides “welcome clarification”

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has lost its High Court challenge over changes to professional standards for pharmacists which it claimed threatened a pharmacist’s human rights.…

Judge turns down PDA’s request for a judicial review on GPhC’s new standards

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has lost its High Court bid for a judicial review of the pharmacy regulator’s proposed new standards that govern a pharmacist’s conduct, ethics and performance, which are due to be introduced in May.…

Pharmacy organisations in the UK: a complicated web

Pharmacy is a diverse profession and this is reflected in the wide variety of organisations that can represent the interests of pharmacists, pharmacy owners, trainees and students.…