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A century of service : a history of the Irish Nurses' and Midwives' Organisation, 1919-2019 : [electronic book] /

By: Loughrey, Mark [author.].
Contributor(s): Doran, Liam [writer of foreword.] | EBSCO [vendor.].
Publisher: Newbridge, Co. Kildare : Irish Academic, 2019Description: 1 online resource (382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ): illustrations (some colour).Content type: text | text | still image Media type: computer | computer Carrier type: online resource | online resourceISBN: 9781788550642; 9781788550642:; 1788550641.Subject(s): Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation -- History | Nurses -- Labor unions -- Ireland -- History | Midwives -- Labor unions -- Ireland -- History | History of Nursing -- IrelandOnline resources: Access ebook here
Contents:
Setting the scene -- The foundation of the Irish Nurses' Union -- The early years of the Irish Nurses' Union, c.1919-24 -- New name, familiar aim: from trade union to professional association, 1925-37 -- War and wage rounds, 1938-47 -- Religion and the religious: roots and repercussions, c. 1948-59 -- Promise and progress, 1960-9 -- Marriage, money and (moderate) militancy, 1970-7 -- Some striking developments, 1978-90 -- Resemblance amid rupture: the 1999 National Nurses' Strike, 1991-9 -- From aftershow to afterglow, 2000-8 -- A decade never to be forgotten, 2009-19.
Summary: In February 1919, 20 nurses and midwives meeting in Dublin to discuss their poor working conditions took a historic decision to establish a trade union - the first of its kind in the world. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) now numbers 40,000 and is Ireland's largest nurse and midwife representative association. This book examines the heady social and economic backdrop that gave birth to the INMO, putting names and faces to the founders and delving into the challenges they encountered. It details the organisation's conservative middle years and its recent emergence as one of the most vocal protagonists for nurses, midwives and patients in Ireland, while also exploring the vast and varied service that the Organisation provides to its members.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the scene -- The foundation of the Irish Nurses' Union -- The early years of the Irish Nurses' Union, c.1919-24 -- New name, familiar aim: from trade union to professional association, 1925-37 -- War and wage rounds, 1938-47 -- Religion and the religious: roots and repercussions, c. 1948-59 -- Promise and progress, 1960-9 -- Marriage, money and (moderate) militancy, 1970-7 -- Some striking developments, 1978-90 -- Resemblance amid rupture: the 1999 National Nurses' Strike, 1991-9 -- From aftershow to afterglow, 2000-8 -- A decade never to be forgotten, 2009-19.

In February 1919, 20 nurses and midwives meeting in Dublin to discuss their poor working conditions took a historic decision to establish a trade union - the first of its kind in the world. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) now numbers 40,000 and is Ireland's largest nurse and midwife representative association. This book examines the heady social and economic backdrop that gave birth to the INMO, putting names and faces to the founders and delving into the challenges they encountered. It details the organisation's conservative middle years and its recent emergence as one of the most vocal protagonists for nurses, midwives and patients in Ireland, while also exploring the vast and varied service that the Organisation provides to its members.

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