'Our members are exhausted, fragile and burnt out,' says RcmNi director as 89% of its members who took part in a ballot vote to strike over pay
The RCM is the professional organisation and trade union which represents the interests of midwifery staffThe Royal College of Midwives said 89% of its members who voted in a ballot said they were prepared to go on strike over the issue.
Some 93.9% voted for industrial action short of a strike, based on a turnout of 55% of eligible RCM members working in the health service in NI. Midwives were given a 4% pay rise in December, which the union said was well below the then rate of inflation - 10%."This pay award and the growing crisis in our maternity services will do nothing to keep midwives in our maternity service, as many say they have had enough and will simply head for the door."In December,
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