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Hi Alison, Thank you for this information. BW Sheila Sheila Brown 07840 296 731 > On 16 May 2019, at 19:11, Macfarlane, Alison <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > If HEIs are telling midwives they employ that you should leave the RCM as it isn't a union, they are talking rubbish. What they should be saying is that it isn't one of the unions they recognise for negotiation of terms and conditions of service in HEIs, including matters such as salaries, pensions and holidays. On the other hand, UCU which they do recognise for this acknowledges that it can't offer all the other things for which people from a number of professions joined their original unions. This is why it agrees joint membership with a range of unions. This is what UCU says: > > 'Post-school education employs a wide range of diverse specialist staff. That is why UCU has joint membership agreements with unions that represent a variety of health professionals, as well as broadcasters, journalists and musicians. All of our joint memberships are designed to offer all the benefits of belonging to two unions but for less than the cost of the combined full subscription rates. > > Members will need to be eligible for membership of both organisations in order to qualify for joint membership. > > Joint agreements are currently held with the following: > > Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT, formerly BAOT) > > Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph & Theatre Union (BECTU) > > British Orthoptic Society (BOS) > > Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) > > Musicians' Union (MU) > > National Union of Journalists (NUJ) > > Royal College of Midwives (RCM) > > Royal College of Nursing (RCN) > > Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (SCP) > > Society of Radiographers (SOR) > > Alison > > To unsubscribe from the MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH&A=1