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Health Care Workers
After Historic Strike, Unions Reach Tentative Deal With Kaiser Permanente
Workers secured a victory after the largest health care strike in U.S. history, protesting staff shortages and low pay.
75,000 Kaiser Permanente Workers Begin Largest Health Care Strike in US History
Workers say that hospital executives are refusing to fix dire understaffing issues.
Kaiser Permanente Workers Begin Strike Authorization Vote
The union representing 40% of the company's health care workers cited unfair labor practices and unsafe staffing levels.
Health Care Workers Stage Largest NHS Strike in UK’s History
Years of low pay have driven many out of the profession, contributing to long waits for care and harming patient safety.
7,000 New York Nurses Go on Strike, Decrying “Unimaginable” Working Conditions
Workers say that understaffing and patient safety issues have forced them to go on strike.
UK Nurses Kick Off Largest-Ever Strike by NHS Workers After Negotiations Fail
National Health Service nurses say inadequate pay and staffing shortages put themselves and patients in danger.
Kaiser Permanente Therapists Keep Striking, Citing Dangerous Delays for Patients
Clinicians say patients routinely wait months between appointments, and therapists are given unmanageable workloads.
“Patients Over Profits”: Ilhan Omar Joins Thousands of Nurses in Picket Line
Omar said hospital executives are putting “profits over the health and safety of both nurses and patients.”
15,000 Minnesota Nurses Wage Largest Private Sector Nurses’ Strike in US History
The nurses say that dangerous working conditions and understaffing are making it hard for them to provide adequate care.
Burned Out by COVID and 80-Hour Workweeks, Resident Physicians Are Unionizing
Residents are demanding better working conditions, wages and benefits.