By Gemma Murphy on 30 January 2024
‘Now is the time for a resolution on pay,’ says The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Northern Ireland with the anticipated return of the Executive and an existing commitment from the UK Government on funding for public sector pay.
Following ...
on 24 January 2024
Below freezing temperatures and snowy conditions did not deter hundreds of RCM members in Northern Ireland from taking to the picket lines last Thursday. Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) certainly did not allow the weather conditions ...
By Gemma Murphy on 24 January 2024
Members and staff of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) will take to the streets this weekend to join the TUC’s Protect the Right to Strike march and rally in Cheltenham.
The Government’s Strikes (Minimum Services Levels) Act is, according ...
As many of us enter a period marked by family, joy and celebration, we should also remember that, for too many people, it will be one where survival is the only objective. The Royal College of Midwives echoes the statement published in The Lancet ...
on 09 December 2023
Midwives and Maternity Support Workers (MSW’s) have every right to strike – that’s the message coming from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) at the TUC Special Congress.
Speaking at the Special Congress RCM’s General Secretary Gill ...
on 01 February 2023
Members and staff of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) across the UK will be joining other workers in solidarity out on the streets today. They will be joining TUC organised events against the right to strike legislation going through Parliament.
on 13 December 2022
Sending a clear and defiant message to the Welsh Government, Royal College of Midwives (RCM) members in Wales have voted yes to industrial action over pay. The result follows a ballot of eligible RCM members in Wales that closed yesterday. An ...
on 11 November 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on its midwife and maternity support worker members (MSW) to vote yes in the pay ballot opening today. The ballot - for RCM members working in the NHS in England and Wales - runs until midnight on 12 ...
By Colin Beesley on 20 October 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on its members in Northern Ireland to make their voices heard over pay. The College is consulting its members in Northern Ireland on whether they are willing to take industrial action over their ...