Labor and strikes – Struggle

NYP nurses force deal after record 39 days

February 20, 2026 Gary Wilson

The New York State Nurses Association reached a tentative agreement with NewYork-Presbyterian on Friday, Feb. 20, after a 39-day strike — the longest nursing strike in New York City history. The strike is not formally […]

Baltimore janitors fight for fair wages and dignity

February 15, 2026 Kat Davis

Baltimore – On Wednesday, Feb. 11, janitors working for CVVY Enterprises, SEIU Local 32BJ, local activists and church leaders met in front of the Department of Labor office on 100 S. Charles Street to make […]

Who decides? NYP nurses challenge forced vote

February 11, 2026 Gary Wilson

Nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian are fighting a battle on two fronts. For four weeks they have stood on picket lines in freezing temperatures demanding enforceable staffing ratios. Now they face a ratification vote forced by their […]

NYC nurses take the fight to the bosses’ doorstep

February 9, 2026 Gary Wilson

On Day 25 of the largest nurses strike in New York City history, 13 nurses walked up the steps of 555 West 57th Street in Manhattan, stood in front of the doors with arms linked, […]

San Francisco educators to begin first district-wide strike in nearly 50 years

February 8, 2026 Gary Wilson

Feb. 8 — More than 6,400 educators in the San Francisco Unified School District are set to begin a district-wide strike Monday morning, Feb. 9, following more than a year of failed contract negotiations. It […]

15,000 NYC nurses hold the line: safe staffing and no ICE in hospitals

February 4, 2026 Gary Wilson

On day 23 of the strike, nearly 15,000 nurses with the New York State Nurses Association are still holding picket lines across New York City — at Mount Sinai Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, and NewYork-Presbyterian […]

New York nurses strike over patient care, demand hospitals bar ICE

January 22, 2026 Gary Wilson

Bronx, New York, Jan. 22 — Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx walked off the job this week, shutting down routine operations as they pressed a demand that has not previously appeared in […]

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Kaiser nurses set to strike as health care giant profits from ICE detention camps

January 18, 2026 Gary Wilson

When 31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and health care workers walk off the job on Jan. 26, they will be fighting for safe staffing at a nonprofit health system sitting on $66 billion in reserves — […]

Striking nurses expose for-profit health care

January 16, 2026 John Parker

New York nurses are on strike. With 15,000 walking out on Monday, Jan. 12, this is the largest nurses’ strike in the city’s history. These nurses represent three different, privately owned hospital systems and are […]

NYC nurses in historic strike: From ‘heroes’ to ‘disposable’ in the eyes of hospital profiteers

January 13, 2026 Sharon Black

New York, Jan. 13 — Do you remember when New York City nurses were heroes? When they showed up every day at the height of the pandemic, risking their lives to save thousands from a […]