Boots fights to keep its 'sweetheart' trade union in the face of PDAU drive

摘要

BOOTS'S 6,891 pharmacists must feel they are on a roller-coaster with the long-running wrangle over who should represent them on matters of pay and working conditions. Last week saw another instalment in the saga, in the form of an interim decision of a judicial review, ruling in favour of Boots. To recap, the Pharmacists' Defence Association Union (PDA Union) has bid to win collective bargaining rights for Boots pharmacists. Boots, however, wants to work with another trade union — the Boots Pharmacists Association. But the BPA is not considered to be independent and has not been active in terms of collective bargaining, something the PDA Union, which already represents 30 per cent of Boots pharmacists, is seeking to do.