List of health and medical strikes

The following is a list of health and medical strikes:

20th century
  • Saskatchewan doctors' strike – 1962
  • Belgium physicians' and dentists' strike in 1964, April 1 to April 18, 1964
  • Quebec specialist doctors strike[1] - 08/10/1970
  • UK consultants' strike – January to April 1975[2]
  • UK junior doctors' strike – November 1975[2]
  • Alberta Nurses Strike – 1982[3]
  • Israel – 1983[4]
  • Australian nurses 50-day strike[5] - 1986
  • Manitoba Nurses Strike – 1991
  • Sweden – Doctors strike 1994[6]

21st century

2001
  • Finland - historical five month strike

2003
  • Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike – 2003-2004

2006

2009
  • Switzerland – Vaud and Geneva cantons – March 2009[8]

2010
  • Sudanese Doctors' Strike – March 2010

2012
  • Germany – Doctors' strike March 2012[9]
  • India – nationwide strike June 2012[10]

2013
  • UK Save our A&E (Lewisham)[11] – January 2013
  • Jamaica Junior Medical Doctors[12] April 2013

2014
  • UK NHS Pay Strike[13] – September 2014

2015
  • UK Midwives Strike[14] – January 2015
  • Northern Ireland Midwives Strike[15] – April 2015
  • Brazil - Resident doctors strike – September and December 2015[16]
  • England – Junior Doctors' Strikes[17] – November 2015
  • France – Doctors' strike[18] – 18 November 2015
  • UK NHS Student Protest[19] – December 2015

2016
  • UK NHS Student Protest[20] – January 2016
  • England Junior Doctors' Strikes – January to April 2016[21]
  • Peru doctors' strike – 17 February 2016[22]
  • England Junior Doctors' Strikes – March 2016
  • Kenya doctors strike December 5, 2016[23]
  • Sudan Doctors strike October and November[24]

2019
  • Sudan Doctors strike January[25]
  • 2019 Indian Doctors' strike

[26]

  • 2019 UCSF Medical Residents Walk Off

[27]

  • 2019 University of Washington resident's strike: 80-hour weeks, bad pay, exhaustion: Here's why UW medical residents are walking out

[28].

  • 2019 Hospitals’ strike in Lebanon [29]

References
  1. "Déclenchement d'une grève par les médecins spécialistes". www.bilan.usherb.ca. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  2. reporter, Neil Bowdler Health. "1975: What happened when doctors last went on strike?". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. "Doctors strike over hard-to-swallow reform - SWI swissinfo.ch". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  9. "Ärztestreik: "Das ist ein Sklavenaufstand"". www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  10. "BMJ Careers – Is it ethical for doctors to strike?". careers.bmj.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  11. "25,000 protesters march over 'crazy' Lewisham Hospital A&E plans".
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2017-03-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. Association, Press (18 September 2014). "NHS workers back strike action in pay row by 2-to-1 margin". The Guardian.
  14. "Nurse and midwife strike action suspended after new pay offer".
  15. "Midwives stage strike action". 30 April 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. "Médicos residentes iniciam greve no país, por tempo indeterminado". 8 December 2015.
  17. Elgot, Jessica; Campbell, Denis (17 October 2015). "Thousands rally in London to protest junior doctor contract - as it happened" – via www.theguardian.com.
  18. lefigaro.fr. "Grève générale des médecins ce vendredi contre la loi santé de Touraine". Le Figaro. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  19. Tiplady, Danielle; Humm, Charlotte (15 December 2015). "For us student nurses, bursaries are a lifeline. We will fight against their cuts". The Guardian.
  20. Grierson, Jamie (9 January 2016). "Student nurses and midwives protest over NHS bursary plans". The Guardian.
  21. "Dispute Timeline". British Medical Association.
  22. "Médicos acatan paro de 24 horas para exigir aumento de sueldo". El Comercio. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  23. "Kenyan doctors' union officials jailed over strike". African Media Agency. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  24. "Sudanese security arrests doctors union chief". Sudan Tribune. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  25. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/sudan-doctors-announce-strike-at-some-hospitals/1367910
  26. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_India_doctors%27_strike
  27. https://www.sfexaminer.com/the-city/medical-residents-interns-walk-off-the-job-at-ucsf-medical-center-over-failed-contract-talks/
  28. https://crosscut.com/2019/09/80-hour-weeks-bad-pay-exhaustion-heres-why-uw-medical-residents-are-walking-out
  29. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2019/Nov-16/495700-private-hospitals-stage-warning-strike-over-late-payments.ashx


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