Healthcare Worker Strikes Tracker
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April–May 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 healthcare employer, union involved, number of workers affected, dispute duration, key demands (pay, staffing ratios, working conditions), and resolution status where known. Threatened or averted strikes are excluded.
Healthcare worker strikes or walkouts affecting public health services globally in the last month
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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<table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:180px">Event</th><th style="min-width:300px">Healthcare Workers Involved</th><th style="min-width:200px">Strike Location</th><th style="min-width:200px">Affected Employer Company</th><th style="min-width:300px">Service Impact Description</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Strike Start Date</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:40px">1</td><td style="min-width:180px">BH SAMU technicians announce strike</td><td style="min-width:300px">Nursing technicians, around 25% of the staff</td><td style="min-width:200px">Belo Horizonte</td><td style="min-width:200px">Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu)</td><td style="min-width:300px">protest against the dismissal of around 25% of the staff working in the Basic Support Units (USB)</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">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 style="min-width:40px">2</td><td style="min-width:180px">Ambulance Workers Strike in Ireland</td><td style="min-width:300px">ambulance workers, members and supporters of Siptu and Unite trade unions</td><td style="min-width:200px">Dundalk, Ireland</td><td style="min-width:200px">HSE</td><td style="min-width:300px">Work stoppage by ambulance workers.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">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 style="min-width:40px">3</td><td style="min-width:180px">Aceh Besar Regional Hospital Polyclinics Closed Due to Strike</td><td style="min-width:300px">doctors, specialist doctors, and medical personnel</td><td style="min-width:200px">Aceh Besar</td><td style="min-width:200px">Aceh Besar Regional Hospital</td><td style="min-width:300px">Hundreds of patients abandoned, 13 polyclinics closed, and outpatient services suspended indefinitely. Emergency Installation (IGD) continued to operate as usual.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">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 style="min-width:40px">4</td><td style="min-width:180px">Central Lombok Health Workers Threaten Strike Over Wages</td><td style="min-width:300px">1,530 health workers (nakes) Government Employees with a part-time Work Agreement (PPPK)</td><td style="min-width:200px">Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB)</td><td style="min-width:200px">Central Lombok Health Agency</td><td style="min-width:300px">Disruption of service processes in 29 community health centers and one regionally owned hospital.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-04-27</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.detik.com/bali/nusra/d-8456909/1-500-nakes-pppk-lombok-tengah-sepakat-mogok-pada-27-april-tuntut-gaji-naik" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">detik.com</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">5</td><td style="min-width:180px">Khulna doctors observe one-hour strike</td><td style="min-width:300px">doctors</td><td style="min-width:200px">Khulna, Bangladesh</td><td style="min-width:200px">Khulna's public and private medical colleges and hospitals</td><td style="min-width:300px">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="white-space:nowrap">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 class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr></tbody></table>
<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>Primarily the US and UK, with significant events from Canada, Australia, and other English-language markets 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>