Healthcare Worker Strikes Tracker
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September 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.
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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.
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<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%"><table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:240px">Event</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Action Type</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Worker Group</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Protested Company</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Location</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Grievances</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Event Date</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Duration</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Num Workers</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td style="min-width:240px">Boston Medical Center Nurses Vote to Authorize Strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">nurses</td><td style="min-width:140px">Nurses at Boston Medical Center voted to authorize a three-day strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">Boston, Massachusetts</td><td style="min-width:140px">higher wages, workplace safety, and adequate staffing levels</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-11</td><td style="min-width:140px">3 days</td><td style="min-width:140px">2,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/09/14/boston-medical-center-nurses-authorize-srike-vote" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/09/14/boston-medical-center-nurses-authorize-srike-vote</a></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="min-width:240px">Prime Healthcare Nurses and Healthcare Workers Multi-State Strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">nurses, healthcare workers</td><td style="min-width:140px">Prime Healthcare</td><td style="min-width:140px">Illinois, California, Nevada, Maine, United States</td><td style="min-width:140px">Staff terminations and suspensions, unsafe staffing levels, retaliation, and consolidation of maternal care services</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-15</td><td style="min-width:140px">1 day</td><td style="min-width:140px">2,800</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://hoodline.com/2026/09/olympia-fields-nurses-strike-prime-healthcare-over-firings-maternity-cuts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://hoodline.com/2026/09/olympia-fields-nurses-strike-prime-healthcare-over-firings-maternity-cuts</a></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style="min-width:240px">Irish Public Sector Healthcare Workers and Doctors Announce Scheduled One-Day Strike over Pay Deal</td><td style="min-width:140px">strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">doctors, consultants, non-consultant hospital doctors, public and community health doctors, nurses, midwives</td><td style="min-width:140px">HSE</td><td style="min-width:140px">Ireland</td><td style="min-width:140px">ongoing row over the new national pay deal and Government inaction</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-10-14</td><td style="min-width:140px">one-day</td><td style="min-width:140px">300,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://ie.headtopics.com/news/irish-medical-org-votes-94-for-industrial-action-in-pay-88015298" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ie.headtopics.com/news/irish-medical-org-votes-94-for-industrial-action-in-pay-88015298</a></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td style="min-width:240px">Nationwide Kenya Nurses Strike Over 2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement</td><td style="min-width:140px">strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">nurses</td><td style="min-width:140px">They accuse the Council of Governors, Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) and Ministry of Health of delaying the process.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Kenya</td><td style="min-width:140px">Implementation of the 2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement and absorption of Universal Health Coverage workers</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-29</td><td style="min-width:140px">43 days</td><td style="min-width:140px">25000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001557026/knchr-declares-nurses-strike-a-human-rights-crisis-as-maternal-deaths-rise" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001557026/knchr-declares-nurses-strike-a-human-rights-crisis-as-maternal-deaths-rise</a></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td style="min-width:240px">Allina Health Doctors and Hospice Nurses Strike in Minnesota</td><td style="min-width:140px">strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">doctors, hospice nurses</td><td style="min-width:140px">Allina Health</td><td style="min-width:140px">Coon Rapids and Fridley, Minnesota, US</td><td style="min-width:140px">paid sick leave, cost-of-living raises, staffing levels, and say in patient care and AI</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-14</td><td style="min-width:140px">4 days for doctors, 7 days for hospice nurses</td><td style="min-width:140px">210</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.medicaldaily.com/allina-mercy-unity-doctors-strike-hospice-nurses-update-478719" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.medicaldaily.com/allina-mercy-unity-doctors-strike-hospice-nurses-update-478719</a></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td style="min-width:240px">University of Uyo Teaching Hospital Resident Doctors Strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">resident doctors</td><td style="min-width:140px">University of Uyo Teaching Hospital</td><td style="min-width:140px">Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria</td><td style="min-width:140px">alleged assault of a doctor and healthcare worker safety concerns</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-02</td><td style="min-width:140px">indefinite</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://ua.news/en/world/u-likarni-uio-v-nigeriyi-ogolosili-bezstrokovii-straik-pislia-imovirnogo-napadu-na-interna" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ua.news/en/world/u-likarni-uio-v-nigeriyi-ogolosili-bezstrokovii-straik-pislia-imovirnogo-napadu-na-interna</a></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td style="min-width:240px">Victorian Public Hospital Doctors Strike on October 1, 2026</td><td style="min-width:140px">strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">public sector doctors</td><td style="min-width:140px">asking the Victorian Government to address our issues</td><td style="min-width:140px">Victoria, Australia</td><td style="min-width:140px">Wage cuts, unsafe working conditions, fatigue, and demands for a 28 percent pay increase and 12.5-hour shift caps.</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-10-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">4 hours</td><td style="min-width:140px">10,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/30/betb-s30.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/30/betb-s30.html</a></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td style="min-width:240px">Nurses and Midwives Threaten Strike Action Against Cook Government Over Delayed Ratios</td><td style="min-width:140px">strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">nurses, midwives</td><td style="min-width:140px">Cook Government</td><td style="min-width:140px">Western Australia, Australia</td><td style="min-width:140px">Delay in the implementation of agreed nurse-to-patient staffing ratios across Western Australia public hospitals</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-18</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-politics/nurses-and-midwives-threaten-to-strike-over-cook-governments-broken-promise-on-ratios-c-22892767" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-politics/nurses-and-midwives-threaten-to-strike-over-cook-governments-broken-promise-on-ratios-c-22892767</a></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td style="min-width:240px">Doctors and Nurses Strike Scheduled in Ceuta Against INGESA</td><td style="min-width:140px">strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">doctors, nurses</td><td style="min-width:140px">National Institute of Health Management (INGESA)</td><td style="min-width:140px">Ceuta, Spain</td><td style="min-width:140px">Protest poor working conditions aggravated by the healthcare crisis and structural staffing shortages</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-24</td><td style="min-width:140px">1 day</td><td style="min-width:140px">1500</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.infobae.com/espana/2026/09/02/ceuta-el-nuevo-choque-entre-sanidad-y-los-medicos-que-viene-de-lejos-el-sistema-ceuti-estaba-en-panales" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.infobae.com/espana/2026/09/02/ceuta-el-nuevo-choque-entre-sanidad-y-los-medicos-que-viene-de-lejos-el-sistema-ceuti-estaba-en-panales</a></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td style="min-width:240px">Charité Nurses Three-Day Strike in Berlin</td><td style="min-width:140px">strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">nurses</td><td style="min-width:140px">Charité hospital</td><td style="min-width:140px">Berlin, Germany</td><td style="min-width:140px">Maintaining and extending the relief collective agreement on staffing levels and workload compensation</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-02</td><td style="min-width:140px">3 days</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/pflegekrafte-an-der-charite-streiken-fur-entlastungstarifvertrag-16008309.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/pflegekrafte-an-der-charite-streiken-fur-entlastungstarifvertrag-16008309.html</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>11</td><td style="min-width:240px">Larnaca General Hospital Nurses One-Hour Work Stoppage</td><td style="min-width:140px">work stoppage</td><td style="min-width:140px">nurses</td><td style="min-width:140px">Nursing staff at Larnaca General Hospital staged a spontaneous one-hour work stoppage on Wednesday morning</td><td style="min-width:140px">Larnaca, Cyprus</td><td style="min-width:140px">overcrowding and staff exhaustion</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-16</td><td style="min-width:140px">1 hour</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/09/16/larnaca-hospital-nurses-stage-walkout-over-overcrowding" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/09/16/larnaca-hospital-nurses-stage-walkout-over-overcrowding</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>12</td><td style="min-width:240px">Gisborne Hospital Emergency Department Nurses Strike Over Staffing Crisis</td><td style="min-width:140px">strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">emergency department nurses</td><td style="min-width:140px">Gisborne Hospital</td><td style="min-width:140px">Gisborne, New Zealand</td><td style="min-width:140px">unsafe staffing levels and severe staff shortages</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-09</td><td style="min-width:140px">1 hour</td><td style="min-width:140px">34</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://waateanews.com/2026/09/08/breaking-point-gisborne-ed-nurses-to-walk-off-job-as-staffing-crisis-deepens" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://waateanews.com/2026/09/08/breaking-point-gisborne-ed-nurses-to-walk-off-job-as-staffing-crisis-deepens</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<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>