5,000 nurses, doctors, midwives, and nurse practitioners walked off the job January 10 in an open-ended strike at Providence Health and Services, the dominant hospital chain in the Pacific Northwest.
Living through a historic moment
Recent union contract gains against a backdrop of decades of union decline, worsening wealth inequality and broken labor laws.
A three day strike preceded the settlement.
It’s the final day of a massive health care strike over pay and staff shortages. No deal is in sight.
Workers from coast to coast are preparing to stage an unfair labor practice strike in response to what they see as unfair bargaining from Kaiser to resolve the staffing shortage.
Hospitals portray unions as opposed to the interests of patients. The opposite is true: health care unions have been the strongest advocates for safer conditions and patients who can’t pay debts.
From healthcare to Hollywood, workers are demanding higher wages, fighting cuts and seeking better safety and conditions.
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