List of health and medical strikes

Summary

The following is a list of health and medical strikes:

20th century edit

  • Hôpital Notre-Dame anti-Jewish strike – 1934[1][2]
  • Saskatchewan doctors' strike – 1962
  • Belgium physicians' and dentists' strike in 1964, April 1 to April 18, 1964
  • Quebec specialist doctors strike[3] – October 10, 1970
  • UK consultants' strike – January to April 1975[4]
  • UK junior doctors' strike – November 1975[4]
  • Alberta Nurses Strike – 1982[5]
  • Israel – 1983[6]
  • Australian nurses 50-day strike[7] – 1986
  • Manitoba Nurses Strike – 1991
  • Sweden – Doctors strike 1994[8]

21st century edit

2001 edit

  • Finland – historical five-month strike

2003 edit

2006 edit

  • Germany – Doctors' strike March 2006 [de]
  • New Zealand – 15–20 June 2006[9]

2009 edit

  • Switzerland – Vaud and Geneva cantons – March 2009[10]

2010 edit

  • Sudanese Doctors' Strike – March 2010

2012 edit

  • Germany – Doctors' strike March 2012[11]
  • India – nationwide strike June 2012[12]

2013 edit

  • UK Save our A&E (Lewisham)[13] – January 2013
  • Jamaica Junior Medical Doctors[14] April 2013

2014 edit

  • England (UK) NHS Pay Strike[15] – September 2014

2015 edit

  • UK Midwives Strike[16] – January 2015
  • Northern Ireland Midwives Strike[17] – April 2015
  • Brazil – Resident doctors strike – September and December 2015[18]
  • England – Junior Doctors' Strikes[19] – November 2015
  • France – Doctors' strike[20] – 18 November 2015
  • UK NHS Student Protest[21] – December 2015

2016 edit

2019 edit

  • Sudan Doctors strike January.[27]
  • 2019 Indian Doctors' strike.[28][circular reference]
  • 2019 UCSF Medical Residents Walk Off.[29]
  • 2019 University of Washington resident's strike: 80-hour weeks, bad pay, exhaustion.[30]
  • 2019 Hospitals’ strike in Lebanon [31]

2020 edit

2021 edit

2022 edit

2024 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Wilton, Peter (9 December 2003). "Days of shame, Montreal, 1934". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 169 (12): 1329. PMC 280601. PMID 14662683.
  2. ^ Woolf, Sarah. "Dr. Sam Rabinovitch and The Notre-Dame Hospital Strike - Hôpital Notre-Dame". Museum of Jewish Montreal. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Déclenchement d'une grève par les médecins spécialistes". www.bilan.usherb.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  4. ^ a b reporter, Neil Bowdler Health (30 May 2012). "1975: What happened when doctors last went on strike?". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  5. ^ Stabler, C.; Schnurr, L.; Powell, G.; Stewart, B.; Guenter, C. A. (1 August 1984). "Impact of a province-wide nurses' strike on medical care in a regional referral centre". CMAJ. 131 (3): 205–210. PMC 1483290. PMID 6744165 – via www.cmaj.ca.
  6. ^ Sachdev, P S (1986-03-01). "Ethical issues of a doctors' strike". Journal of Medical Ethics. 12 (1): 53. doi:10.1136/jme.12.1.53. ISSN 0306-6800. PMC 1375310. PMID 3959044.
  7. ^ Cregan, Australian Women's Archives Project, Christina. "A 'Blueprint' for Union Organising: Multiplying the membership in the Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch) 1989-2012 - The 1986 50-Day Strike". www.womenaustralia.info.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Dolley, Margaret (1994-03-26). "Swedish doctors extend series of strikes". BMJ. 308 (6932): 808. doi:10.1136/bmj.308.6932.808a. ISSN 0959-8138. S2CID 71556617.
  9. ^ Robinson, Geoffrey; McCann, Kieran; Freeman, Peter; Beasley, Richard (2008-06-01). "The New Zealand national junior doctors' strike: implications for the provision of acute hospital medical services". Clinical Medicine. 8 (3): 272–275. doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.8-3-272. ISSN 1470-2118. PMC 4953828. PMID 18624033.
  10. ^ "Doctors strike over hard-to-swallow reform - SWI swissinfo.ch". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  11. ^ "Ärztestreik: "Das ist ein Sklavenaufstand"". www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  12. ^ Davies, Marika (19 October 2015). "BMJ Careers – Is it ethical for doctors to strike?". BMJ. 351: h5597. doi:10.1136/bmj.h5597. S2CID 79839940. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  13. ^ "25,000 protesters march over 'crazy' Lewisham Hospital A&E plans". 26 January 2013.
  14. ^ "Doctors call in sick - News - Jamaica Observer Mobile". Archived from the original on 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  15. ^ "NHS workers back strike action in pay row by 2-to-1 margin". The Guardian. Press Association. 18 September 2014.
  16. ^ "Nurse and midwife strike action suspended after new pay offer". 27 January 2015.
  17. ^ "Midwives stage strike action". BBC News. 30 April 2015.
  18. ^ "Médicos residentes iniciam greve no país, por tempo indeterminado". 8 December 2015.
  19. ^ Elgot, Jessica; Campbell, Denis (17 October 2015). "Thousands rally in London to protest junior doctor contract - as it happened". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  20. ^ lefigaro.fr (12 November 2015). "Grève générale des médecins ce vendredi contre la loi santé de Touraine". Lefigaro. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  21. ^ Tiplady, Danielle; Humm, Charlotte (15 December 2015). "For us student nurses, bursaries are a lifeline. We will fight against their cuts". The Guardian.
  22. ^ Grierson, Jamie (9 January 2016). "Student nurses and midwives protest over NHS bursary plans". The Guardian.
  23. ^ "Dispute Timeline". British Medical Association.
  24. ^ "Médicos acatan paro de 24 horas para exigir aumento de sueldo". El Comercio. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  25. ^ "Kenyan doctors' union officials jailed over strike". African Media Agency. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  26. ^ "Sudanese security arrests doctors union chief". Sudan Tribune. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  27. ^ "Sudan: Doctors announce strike at some hospitals". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  28. ^ 2019 India doctors' strike
  29. ^ "Medical residents, interns walk off the job at UCSF Medical Center over failed contract talks". The San Francisco Examiner. 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  30. ^ Clune &, Dr Kisha; Peplinski, Dr Brandon. "80-hour weeks, bad pay, exhaustion: Here's why UW medical residents are walking out | Crosscut". crosscut.com. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  31. ^ "Private hospitals stage 'warning strike' over late payments | News , Lebanon News | THE DAILY STAR". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  32. ^ Wang, Chuin-Wei Yap and Joyu (2020-02-03). "Hong Kong Hospital Workers to Strike Over Coronavirus". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  33. ^ Arin, Kim (2020-08-11). "[News Focus] Why are Korean doctors striking?". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  34. ^ "MultiCare healthcare workers strike, urging need for more PPEs, staff support". Q13 FOX. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  35. ^ "Nurses across UK to vote in first ever RCN strike ballot over pay". The Guardian. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.