LloydsPharmacy in Mullingar to close tomorrow, Friday: statements from LloydsPharmacy and from Mandate trade union

LloydsPharmacy in Mullingar is to close tomorrow, Friday

LloydsPharmacy have issued a statement this afternoon in the style of a letter to customers.

It reads as follows:

Dear customers,

We regret to inform you, that as a result of industrial action taken by the trade union Mandate, there will be some disruption to LloydsPharmacy stores on Friday, 6 July, 2018. 

Unfortunately, we have no alternative but to close the following store in your area:

• Pearse Street, Mullingar

The nearest store to Pearse Street Mullingar is: LloydsPharmacy Fairgreen Mullingar, Mullingar Shopping Centre, Mullingar. This store will be open on Friday from 9am to 9pm.

Stores will text individual patients with urgent medical needs who they feel need to be advised of this store’s closure.

For the majority of LloydsPharmacy stores there will be minimal or no disruption. 

Customers can find all LloydsPharmacy stores with our online store locator: https://www.lloydspharmacy.ie/customer-service/store-locator. 

We also offer a deliver service for products ordered through our online store: https://www.lloydspharmacy.ie/. 

We apologise sincerely for any inconvenience which this may cause you. We are working to ensure that all disruption from this industrial action is minimised and patient services maintained. 

We thank you for your support and patience at this time and want to assure you that services will return to normal on Saturday, 7 July. Serving our valued customers and patients remains our priority, so please do not hesitate to contact your local store if you have any further queries. 

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Yesterday, Mandate issued a statement, as follows:

Lloyds Pharmacy workers to strike for full day on Friday 6th July as company continues to refuse right to representation

More than 240 Lloyds Pharmacy workers in almost 40 stores nationwide will participate in their first full day of industrial action this Friday, 6th July 2018.

The strike takes place as the company continues to refuse to implement a Labour Court recommendation which stated that the company should allow their workers trade union representation.

To date, Lloyds Pharmacy workers have participated in three work stoppages over the last three weeks. 

This action comes as Mandate Trade Union escalates the dispute but continues to call for the company to engage in meaningful negotiations in order to prevent any disruption to the company, their workers and the public who depend on Lloyds Pharmacy for their medications.

Mandate has scheduled two more full days of strike action on Thursday 12th July and Friday 20th July should the company not enter negotiations.