12 of the biggest strikes during this Hot Labor Summer
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve come to understand the importance of nurses on a deeper level. Still, these essential, front-line workers do not have their needs met on the job. Across the United States, thousands of nurses have been striking this summer over issues that include short staffing, wages, hazard pay and health insurance, and there are still more to come. The Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey recently issued a 10-day notice of a one-day strike. Below are some of the many nurse strikes from throughout the summer:
On June 17, 1,800 nurses at two Providence hospital locations in Oregon went on strike that lasted five days.
On June 27, registered nurses were on strike for one day at three Ascension hospitals in Texas and Kansas.
On July 11, nurses at Oahu Care Facility in Honolulu, Hawaii went on a seven-day strike.
On July 31, Loretto Hospital, an Austin, Chicago hospital that primarily serves low-income patients, ended in victory after an 11-day strike.
On Aug. 3, hundreds of nurses at Rochester General Hospital in New York went on strike for two days.
Since Aug. 4, approximately 1,700 nurses at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey have been on strike.
On Aug. 5, dozens of hospital workers at Trinity Grand Haven Hospital in Michigan went on a one-day strike.
In Monterey Park, California, nurses at Garfield Medical Center went on strike for 10 days in mid-August.
Over 500 nurses at Ascension St. Joseph Hospital, Joilet, Illinois’ only hospital, went on strike in late August after working without a contract since May.
On Aug. 29, hundreds of nurses at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, California went on strike for one day.