PROFESSIONAL Pharmacists Australia is urging its members to provide "support and solidarity" to members working for Epic Pharmacy in Queensland, who are currently taking protected industrial action in support of a wage claim.
The long-running dispute is seeing the pharmacists and pharmacy techs at Epic indefinitely "zero out" the cost of medication in Fred Dispense software, as well as refuse to take payments for customers at the pharmacy.
More than 12 months ago the staff joined the union group and ran a "majority support petition" to force their employer to negotiate over their wages and conditions.
"Since then Epic has stubbornly opposed a fair agreement proposed by PPA members and put forward their own offer that would send pharmacy workers backwards," according to a PPA update last Fri.
The union claims Epic has refused to accept any process to safely manage workloads, and has "threatened to lock out workers from their workplace without pay".
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