3LO 774 re MIDWIVES ETC Jan
To achieve collective industrial bargaining you need to be organised.
You're right that we don't need a union to change to caseload but you do
need a union to help with the practical employment issues such as payment.
To do it properly takes a lot of time and you need to then pay someone for
Jan,
A wee response- do you know how much it costs the unions to provide members
the industrial cover - award representation in courts, appeals, appearances
at various tribunals etc for members in a union? Its not cheap.
Do you consider union members as hairy chesty warfies or construction
Hi Katrina Yes I've read the book. I went to hear her speak and it she and
the book's content are so inspiring. She speaks so matter of factly about
what she and her husband did ( I had a bit of trouble with the missionary
zeal and the paternalism though). Catherine H's work and it puts a new
I think all Jan is saying is that the union doesn't seem to be representing
midwives as well as it could, and it seems to be concerned firstly with its
nursing members, with midwives issues being only a secondary item on their
agenda, or at times, not at all.
How powerful, affordable or
