Midwives are called by unions at “Black Week” for holidays

The CGT filed a strike notice and calls for “to put [the] compensation [of midwives] at the level of their training and their responsibilities”, as well as “staffing under the lasting status necessary for catches in charge of quality and safe women “.

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The National Trade Union Organization of Midwives (ONSSF), one of the two main trade union organizations of the profession, supported by the CGT and the CFTC, calls on the midwives to “a black week” from the Friday, December 24 and until December 31, including claiming “sufficient medical numbers” and “really incentive revaluation”.

“Midwives have the balls!” Explains the ONSSF in a statement reminiscent of its main demands: “sufficient medical numbers”, “the modification of the status of the hospitalized midwives”, “a reflection collegiate on the different modes of exercise of the profession of midwife “and” a truly incentive revaluation “.

” Insufficient “government responses

The CGT has filed a strike notice to cover the movement and calls for “put [the] remuneration [of midwives] at the level of their training and their responsibilities”, as well as “staffing under sustainable status necessary for care of quality and safe women “. Among the claims of the CFTC, which did the same, are “the end of the precariousness of contracts” or “the same status as other occupations with medical responsibilities” in the hospital.

The three majority organizations in the Hospital Public Service – CFDT, FO and UNSA – have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government in November, including wage increases beginning 2022 and a sixth year of training for future students. mateuk.

/Media reports.