16 Jan 2024 --- A group of shareholder activists claims Boots is not paying its employees a real living wage. The Shareholder Commons says it campaigns for responsible investment and wants the UK pharma chain’s parent company, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), to create policies with frameworks and timeframes that pay its workers “a decent wage from day one.” Sara Murphy of the Shareholder Commons tells Personal Care Insights, “I am attending [WBA’s] annual meeting because I am required to do so to move the proposal, and I hope that investors will hear the logic of our proposition and support it, not just at Walgreens but at all companies.”Personal Care Insights also connected with Sam Rice of ShareAction, a group working alongside the Shareholder Commons. He says this latest action is part of a broader push to increase workers’ wages.
