Labour Court rebukes Lloyds over its refusal to recognise unions in pay row

Gerry Light, assistant general secretary of Mandate

Lloyds pharmacies have been told by the Labour Court to recognise trade unions as part of a lengthy dispute with 170 of its Irish workers.

The workers are seeking a 3.4 per cent pay increase, but the company has declined to engage with the Mandate trade union at several points in the process, according to a recent Labour Court ruling.

In a previous hearing, the court invited Lloyds and Mandate to a conciliation ...