Boots workers to benefit from 8%-11% wage increase

WAGES for hundreds of Boots workers across Ireland are set to increase, following the agreement of a new pay deal. The deal, which was agreed by the Mandate trade union and the chemist chain will see wages increase by 8%-11% over 17 months.

It affects more than 1,400 staff nationwide who have voted overwhelmingly to accept. The agreement, which exceeds the terms of the national wage agreement, Towards 2016, brings all staff working in Boots above the average retail hourly wage of €9 per hour.

Mandate’s national official, Linda Tanham said the Boots deal amounts to a pay increase of around €1 per hour for most grades of staff.