Nurses of the University College Hospital protest in London on Feb. 6, 2023. The walkout is part of a wave of health worker strikes and demonstrations in recent months.
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U.K. health worker protests echo issues in Canada. They are also a harbinger of future labour disputes and systemic collapse if austerity, underinvestment and neglect of health workers continue.
At about 21 million strong, nurses make up half of the world’s health workforce.
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A strike around a specific employment issue can easily develop a momentum of its own and become a catalyst for a much wider expression of dissatisfaction.
Striking Kenyan nurses take part in a protest in Nairobi.
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A strike by Kenyan nurses points to the country’s failure to manage the devolution of responsibility for health care from national to county governments.
The end of the doctors’ strike in Kenya is a truce in the fight for better health care.
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Kenya’s doctors embarked on a strike for a 100 days to push the government to implement a collective bargaining agreement signed in June 2013.
A Kenyan nurse participates in a march during their strike following failed negotiations between health unions and the government.
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Health workers in Kenya have reached an impasse with the government over working conditions. This has lead to a nationwide strike, leaving thousands without critical care.
A woman looks down an empty corridor at the National Hospital Abuja, after staff members went on strike to demand for better employee welfare.
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