List of health and medical strikes explained

The following is a list of health and medical strikes:

20th century

• 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
• 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

2001

• Finland – historical five-month strike

2003

• Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike – 2003-2004

2006

• • New Zealand – 15–20 June 2006^[9]

2009

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

2010

• Sudanese Doctors' Strike – March 2010

2012

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

2013

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

2014

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

2015

• 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

• UK NHS Student Protest^[22] – January 2016
• England Junior Doctors' Strikes – January to April 2016^[23]
• Peru doctors' strike – 17 February 2016^[24]
• England Junior Doctors' Strikes – March 2016
• Kenya doctors strike December 5, 2016^[25]
• Sudan Doctors strike October and November^[26]

2019

• Sudan Doctors strike January.^[27]
• 2019 Indian Doctors' strike.^[28]
• 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

• 2020 Hong Kong Hospital Workers to Strike Over Coronavirus ^[32]
• 2020 South Korean junior doctors and medical students go on strike to protest medical reform plan^[33]
• 2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes
• 2020 United States, Washington physicians and advanced providers of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) go on strike over unsafe working conditions at MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care clinics ^[34]

2021

• 2021 Bolivian doctors' strike
• 2021 St. Charles Bend strike
• 2021 Saint Vincent Hospital strike
• 2021 Nigerian doctors strike
• 2021 New Zealand nurses strike
• Malaysian contract doctors' strike

2022

• UK 2022 National Health Service strikes^[35]

2024

• 2024 South Korean doctors' strike
• 2024 Indian doctors' protest due to rape and murder of on duty doctor within R.G.Kar Medical College.

Notes and References

1. Days of shame, Montreal, 1934. Peter. Wilton. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 9 December 2003. 169. 12. 1329. 14662683. 280601.
2. Web site: Dr. Sam Rabinovitch and The Notre-Dame Hospital Strike - Hôpital Notre-Dame. Museum of Jewish Montreal. Sarah. Woolf. 14 November 2018.
3. Web site: Déclenchement d'une grève par les médecins spécialistes. www.bilan.usherb.ca. 2016-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422073624/http://www.bilan.usherb.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/2093.html. 2016-04-22. dead.
4. News: 1975: What happened when doctors last went on strike?. reporter. Neil Bowdler Health. BBC News. 30 May 2012. 2016-04-19.
5. Impact of a province-wide nurses' strike on medical care in a regional referral centre. C.. Stabler. L.. Schnurr. G.. Powell. B.. Stewart. C. A.. Guenter. 1 August 1984. CMAJ. 131. 3. 205–210. www.cmaj.ca. 6744165. 1483290.
6. Sachdev. P S. 1986-03-01. Ethical issues of a doctors' strike.. Journal of Medical Ethics. 12. 1. 53. 0306-6800. 1375310. 3959044. 10.1136/jme.12.1.53.
7. Web site: A 'Blueprint' for Union Organising: Multiplying the membership in the Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch) 1989-2012 - The 1986 50-Day Strike. Australian Women's Archives Project, Christina. Cregan. www.womenaustralia.info.
8. Dolley. Margaret. 1994-03-26. Swedish doctors extend series of strikes. BMJ. 308. 6932. 808. 10.1136/bmj.308.6932.808a. 71556617. 0959-8138.
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. 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-3-272. 1470-2118. 18624033. 4953828.
10. Web site: Doctors strike over hard-to-swallow reform - SWI swissinfo.ch. SWI swissinfo.ch. 2016-04-19.
11. Web site: Ärztestreik: "Das ist ein Sklavenaufstand". www.handelsblatt.com. 2016-04-19.
12. BMJ Careers – Is it ethical for doctors to strike?. BMJ. 19 October 2015. 351. h5597. 10.1136/bmj.h5597. 2016-04-19. Davies. Marika. 79839940.
13. Web site: 25,000 protesters march over 'crazy' Lewisham Hospital A&E plans. 26 January 2013.
14. Web site: Doctors call in sick - News - Jamaica Observer Mobile . 2017-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170328112418/http://m.jamaicaobserver.com/mobile/news/Doctors-call-in-sick_14004964 . 2017-03-28 . dead .
15. Web site: NHS workers back strike action in pay row by 2-to-1 margin. Press Association. 18 September 2014. The Guardian.
16. Web site: Nurse and midwife strike action suspended after new pay offer. 27 January 2015.
17. News: Midwives stage strike action. BBC News. 30 April 2015.
18. Web site: Médicos residentes iniciam greve no país, por tempo indeterminado. 8 December 2015.
19. News: Thousands rally in London to protest junior doctor contract - as it happened. Jessica. Elgot. Denis. Campbell. The Guardian. 17 October 2015. www.theguardian.com.
20. News: Grève générale des médecins ce vendredi contre la loi santé de Touraine. lefigaro.fr. Lefigaro. 12 November 2015. 2016-04-19.
21. Web site: For us student nurses, bursaries are a lifeline. We will fight against their cuts. Danielle. Tiplady. Charlotte. Humm. 15 December 2015. The Guardian.
22. Web site: Student nurses and midwives protest over NHS bursary plans. Jamie. Grierson. 9 January 2016. The Guardian.
23. Web site: Dispute Timeline. British Medical Association.
24. Web site: Médicos acatan paro de 24 horas para exigir aumento de sueldo. El Comercio. 17 February 2016. 2016-04-19.
25. News: Kenyan doctors' union officials jailed over strike. 2017-02-13. African Media Agency. 2017-02-14.
26. Web site: Sudanese security arrests doctors union chief. Sudan Tribune. 2 September 2017. 2018-02-18.
27. Web site: Sudan: Doctors announce strike at some hospitals. 2021-07-27. www.aa.com.tr.
28. [2019 India doctors' strike]
29. Web site: 2019-03-19. Medical residents, interns walk off the job at UCSF Medical Center over failed contract talks. 2021-07-27. The San Francisco Examiner. en-US.
30. Web site: Clune &. Dr Kisha. Peplinski. Dr Brandon. 80-hour weeks, bad pay, exhaustion: Here's why UW medical residents are walking out Crosscut. 2021-07-27. crosscut.com. en.
31. Private hospitals stage 'warning strike' over late payments News, Lebanon News THE DAILY STAR. 2021-07-27. The Daily Star.
32. News: Wang. Chuin-Wei Yap and Joyu. 2020-02-03. Hong Kong Hospital Workers to Strike Over Coronavirus. en-US. Wall Street Journal. 2021-07-27. 0099-9660.
33. Web site: Arin. Kim. 2020-08-11. [News Focus] Why are Korean doctors striking?]. 2021-07-27. The Korea Herald. en.
34. Web site: 2020-11-23. MultiCare healthcare workers strike, urging need for more PPEs, staff support. 2021-07-27. Q13 FOX. en-US.
35. Web site: Nurses across UK to vote in first ever RCN strike ballot over pay. 6 October 2022. The Guardian. 7 October 2022.