Dear Andrea
It is time all professionals that call themselves midwives joined
their College and quit their association with nursing unions. A trade
union image is not condusive to having midwives publically recognised
as professionals in their own right. Unless the ANF is prepared to
change t
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
their
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
workers
Listers,
The QNU submission into the Senate Inquiry into Nursing is
available on their home page www.qnu.org.au
It is available before the inquiry has begun sittings because
parts had been released by the Inquiry itself. This will, hopefully open some
listers eyes into factors affecting nurs
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
Hi
I hate to spoil the fun but it is not possible
to compare the costs of homebirth and hospitals. They are two different models
- it's like comparing the costs of apples and cherries. Perhaps some whiz
bang economists such as the ones from access economics could do it.
I don't think w
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 practica
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