Healthcare Worker Strikes — May 2026
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April–May 2026
Public Health
126 global healthcare worker strikes impacting emergency services, hospitals, and public health infrastructure across 40+ countries.
Healthcare worker strikes or walkouts affecting public health services globally in the last month
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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">Healthcare Workers Involved</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Strike Location</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Affected Employer Company</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Service Impact Description</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Strike Start Date</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td style="min-width:240px">BH SAMU technicians announce strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">Nursing technicians, around 25% of the staff</td><td style="min-width:140px">Belo Horizonte</td><td style="min-width:140px">Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu)</td><td style="min-width:140px">protest against the dismissal of around 25% of the staff working in the Basic Support Units (USB)</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-04-23</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://pocosja.com.br/colunas/coluna-mg/2026/04/22/ex-secretaria-agraciada-em-ouro-preto" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">pocosja.com.br</a></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="min-width:240px">Ambulance Workers Strike in Ireland</td><td style="min-width:140px">ambulance workers, members and supporters of Siptu and Unite trade unions</td><td style="min-width:140px">Dundalk, Ireland</td><td style="min-width:140px">HSE</td><td style="min-width:140px">Work stoppage by ambulance workers.</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-05-13</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://ie.headtopics.com/news/union-protest-leader-s-dictats-are-facing-backlash-83298429" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ie.headtopics.com</a></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style="min-width:240px">Aceh Besar Regional Hospital Polyclinics Closed Due to Strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">doctors, specialist doctors, and medical personnel</td><td style="min-width:140px">Aceh Besar</td><td style="min-width:140px">Aceh Besar Regional Hospital</td><td style="min-width:140px">Hundreds of patients abandoned, 13 polyclinics closed, and outpatient services suspended indefinitely. Emergency Installation (IGD) continued to operate as usual.</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-04-20</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://priangantimurnews.pikiran-rakyat.com/kesehatan/pr-12210153803/pasien-telantar-poliklinik-rsud-aceh-besar-tutup-akibat-dokter-dan-nakes-mogok" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">priangantimurnews.pikiran-rakyat.com</a></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td style="min-width:240px">Central Lombok Health Workers Threaten Strike Over Wages</td><td style="min-width:140px">1,530 health workers (nakes) Government Employees with a part-time Work Agreement (PPPK)</td><td style="min-width:140px">Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB)</td><td style="min-width:140px">Central Lombok Health Agency</td><td style="min-width:140px">Disruption of service processes in 29 community health centers and one regionally owned hospital.</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-04-27</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.detik.com/bali/nusra/d-8456909/1-530-nakes-pppk-lombok-tengah-sepakat-mogok-pada-27-april-tuntut-gaji-naik" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">detik.com</a></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td style="min-width:240px">Khulna doctors observe one-hour strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">doctors</td><td style="min-width:140px">Khulna, Bangladesh</td><td style="min-width:140px">Khulna&#x27;s public and private medical colleges and hospitals</td><td style="min-width:140px">Doctors refrained from providing medical care in the outpatient department, causing suffering for emergency health service patients, especially elderly and child patients.</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-04-22</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://dailyprobaha.com.bd/local/355127" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">dailyprobaha.com.bd</a></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td style="min-width:240px">Health workers strike at BD Pandey District Hospital</td><td style="min-width:140px">PRD jawan, doctor, Class IV Employees Union, Diploma Pharmacists Association, Secretary Medical Ministerial Association, orthopedic specialist, Senior Physician, ophthalmologist, Nursing Officer, X-ray Technician, Oxygen Technician, Data Operator and other employees of the Health Department</td><td style="min-width:140px">Pithoragarh</td><td style="min-width:140px">BD Pandey District Hospital</td><td style="min-width:140px">OPD rooms closed for three hours except emergency services.</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-05-02</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.livehindustan.com/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/story-health-workers-strike-at-bd-pandey-hospital-after-assault-on-prd-personnel-201777703180244.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">livehindustan.com</a></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td style="min-width:240px">Indefinite Healthcare Strike in Veracruz</td><td style="min-width:140px">Workers from the Ministry of Health (SS) and IMSS-Wellbeing, including Vectors staff and clinical chemists.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Veracruz, Mexico</td><td style="min-width:140px">Ministry of Health (SS) and IMSS-Wellbeing</td><td style="min-width:140px">suspension of activities will continue indefinitely. Doubts prevail about whether emergency services remain operational, causing concern.</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-04-20</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://esnoticiamexico.com/crisis-en-el-sector-salud-paro-estatal-indefinido-en-veracruz" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">esnoticiamexico.com</a></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td style="min-width:240px">San Francisco Healthcare Workers Protest Layoffs and Clinic Closures</td><td style="min-width:140px">SEIU 1021 SF healthcare workers and nurses</td><td style="min-width:140px">San Francisco</td><td style="min-width:140px">San Francisco billionaire mayor Daniel Lure and his department. heads</td><td style="min-width:140px">Layoffs and closures of community healthcare centers and Laguna Honda hospital, affecting seniors and youth.</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-05-11</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/05/13/18886214.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">indybay.org</a></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td style="min-width:240px">Victorian School Nurses Begin Industrial Action</td><td style="min-width:140px">350 Victorian Government school nurses</td><td style="min-width:140px">Victoria, Australia</td><td style="min-width:140px">Victorian Government school nurses</td><td style="min-width:140px">a ban on redeployment and stopping work for up to 10 minutes to talk to parents</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-04-29</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.miragenews.com/public-school-nurses-begin-strike-action-1663823" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">miragenews.com</a></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td style="min-width:240px">Pathology workers walk off the job at Rosebud Hospital</td><td style="min-width:140px">Dorevitch Pathology workers, phlebotomists, lab staff and couriers. Roughly 40 to 60 phlebotomists, lab staff and couriers across</td><td style="min-width:140px">Rosebud Hospital, Victoria, Mornington Peninsula, Capel Sound</td><td style="min-width:140px">Dorevitch Pathology</td><td style="min-width:140px">Patients requiring non-urgent blood tests on action days have been directed to nearby facilities or asked to return when staff</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-04-30</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.mpnews.com.au/2026/05/05/pathology-workers-walk-off-the-job-at-rosebud-hospital" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">mpnews.com.au</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>11</td><td style="min-width:240px">Gyeonggi Public Hospital Workers Protest Wage Arrears</td><td style="min-width:140px">Workers at public hospitals, including computer workers</td><td style="min-width:140px">Gyeonggi Province, Suwon, Uijeongbu, Pocheon, South Korea</td><td style="min-width:140px">Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center</td><td style="min-width:140px">Essential manpower cannot be filled in time due to lack of capacity and shortage of doctors, affecting public medical roles.</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-05-01</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=10943524" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">koreadaily.com</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>12</td><td style="min-width:240px">New York Home Care Workers Hunger Strike</td><td style="min-width:140px">Fifteen home care workers</td><td style="min-width:140px">New York</td><td style="min-width:140px">home care workers</td><td style="min-width:140px">hunger strike in New York to end 24-hour shifts</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-04-20</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://mcknightshomecare.com/home-care-workers-in-new-york-launch-hunger-strike-to-end-24-hour-shifts-report-says-workers-not-paid-for-sleep-time-during-those-shifts/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">mcknightshomecare.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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