The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) said in a formal ballot almost 94% of workers voted, in frustration over pay. Midwives were given a 4% pay increase in December, which the union has criticised as being well below the rate of inflation, then at 10%. 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 the region. Almost 90% also voted to take industrial action consisting of a strike. A solution to these issues must be found, and soon.”Any decision to take industrial action must be approved by the RCM’s elected board.

Source: The Herald March 07, 2023 21:58 UTC