Healthcare Worker Strikes Tracker
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July 2026
Public Health
Healthcare worker strikes and industrial actions confirmed each month from labour news, union press releases, local and national healthcare publications, and regulatory filings. Covered events include nursing strikes, physician walkouts, hospital support staff actions, and long-term care facility disputes. Each record includes the event description, the healthcare workers involved, the employer affected, the strike location, the start date, and a description of the service impact. Threatened or averted strikes are excluded.
Healthcare worker strikes or walkouts affecting public health services globally
Hospital administrators and healthcare system operators use it to track labour dispute trends and anticipate operational disruptions. Healthcare investors and analysts assess operational risk in hospital and nursing home portfolios through it. Labour researchers and union organisations benchmark bargaining outcomes. Journalists covering healthcare and labour use it as a structured, sourced record of confirmed industrial actions.
2021
<table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:280px">Event</th><th style="min-width:160px">Location</th><th style="min-width:160px">Protested Company</th><th style="min-width:160px">Public Health Impact</th><th style="min-width:160px">Num Workers Involved</th><th style="min-width:160px">Action Type</th><th style="min-width:160px">Duration</th><th style="min-width:160px">Cause</th><th style="min-width:160px">Government Response</th><th style="min-width:160px">Event Date</th><th style="min-width:160px">Worker Group</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:40px">1</td><td style="min-width:280px">Perfusionists suspend planned strike over pay dispute</td><td style="min-width:160px">St James's, the Mater, Crumlin (CHI), Cork University Hospital, Galway University Hospital</td><td style="min-width:160px">HSE</td><td style="min-width:160px">cancellation of heart surgeries</td><td style="min-width:160px">25</td><td style="min-width:160px">strike</td><td style="min-width:160px">2 days</td><td style="min-width:160px">pay dispute; restoration of pay parity</td><td style="min-width:160px">HSE reached an agreement on pay</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-07-07</td><td style="min-width:160px">perfusionists</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">2</td><td style="min-width:280px">NYC Home Healthcare Workers Resume Hunger Strike Over 24-Hour Workdays</td><td style="min-width:160px">New York City, USA</td><td style="min-width:160px">City Council Speaker Julie Menin</td><td style="min-width:160px">Potential disruption to home care services</td><td style="min-width:160px">12</td><td style="min-width:160px">hunger strike</td><td style="min-width:160px">indefinite</td><td style="min-width:160px">Failure to vote on 'No More 24 Act' bill; unsafe 24-hour workdays</td><td style="min-width:160px">Speaker Menin's office acknowledged the need to phase out 24-hour workdays but stated more work is needed and encouraged negotiation.</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-07-29</td><td style="min-width:160px">home healthcare workers</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">3</td><td style="min-width:280px">Healthcare workers strike at Miri Piri Institute over unpaid salaries</td><td style="min-width:160px">Kurukshetra, Shahabad, Haryana</td><td style="min-width:160px">Miri Piri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research</td><td style="min-width:160px">disrupted healthcare services; outpatient department services suspended</td><td style="min-width:160px">38</td><td style="min-width:160px">strike</td><td style="min-width:160px">indefinite</td><td style="min-width:160px">non-payment of salaries</td><td style="min-width:160px">HSGMC formed an 11-member panel; HSGMC decided to take over management; appealed to Haryana Government for financial assistance</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-07-01</td><td style="min-width:160px">doctors, allied staff, and hospital workers</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">4</td><td style="min-width:280px">Korean Confederation of Trade Unions General Strike</td><td style="min-width:160px">Seoul, South Korea</td><td style="min-width:160px">Korean Woncheong</td><td style="min-width:160px">patient care disrupted</td><td style="min-width:160px">10,000</td><td style="min-width:160px">strike</td><td style="min-width:160px">1 day</td><td style="min-width:160px">lack of negotiation from primary contractor companies; establishing industrial negotiation system</td><td style="min-width:160px">government and Ministry of Employment and Labor avoiding responsibility</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-07-15</td><td style="min-width:160px">care workers, nursing care workers, Health and Medical Workers' Union members, call center workers</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">5</td><td style="min-width:280px">Mount Nittany Healthcare Workers Strike for Better Wages and Staffing</td><td style="min-width:160px">State College, Centre County, Mount Nittany Medical Center</td><td style="min-width:160px">Mount Nittany Medical Center</td><td style="min-width:160px">patient care disrupted (hospital remains open with comprehensive plans to ensure care)</td><td style="min-width:160px">1,000</td><td style="min-width:160px">strike</td><td style="min-width:160px">5 days</td><td style="min-width:160px">low wages; 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<h3>Are strikes in both public and private healthcare settings included?</h3><p>Yes – NHS and public health systems, private hospital groups, nursing homes, and outpatient and specialty clinic settings are all covered.</p><h3>Are threatened strikes that did not proceed included?</h3><p>No. Only confirmed strike actions are included. Threatened or averted strikes may appear as context in an event description but are not counted as events.</p><h3>Which countries are covered?</h3><p>Coverage is global where events are reported in English-language media. The US and UK generate the most events; significant actions from Canada, Australia, and other markets are included where widely reported.</p><h3>What is the refresh rate of this dataset?</h3><p>We rerun this dataset once a month. You can create your own dataset that updates as frequently as every one hour on <a href="https://platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall">platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall</a></p>