Ghana nurses suspend nationwide strike after parliamentary intervention
Nurses across Ghana had been on strike since June 2, 2025, demanding the immediate implementation of the 2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Australia’s aged-care crisis spirals out of control, healthcare unions blame government
Close to 650 deaths have been reported from Australia’s aged-care centers since the beginning of this year. Staffing shortage is believed to be the primary cause of the current crisis
Nurses in Barbados want to fight brain drain and understaffing
The island has been forced to rely on foreign recruitment for nursing jobs, as eroding working conditions drive many abroad to richer countries
Nurses protest in Tbilisi for better pay and working conditions
Nurses in Georgia are building resistance to harmful government policies, and organized a protest in Tbilisi supported by trade unions
Modi government to repeal farm laws, struggle continues for other demands and other stories
Today we look at the success of the Indian farmers’ struggle in pushing a repeal of 3 laws, sympathy strikes by over 40,000 Kaiser Permanente health workers in the US, and more
35,000 US healthcare workers avert strike
Workers won their demands just 48 hours before what would have been the largest healthcare strike in decades
Guinea-Bissau health workers demand to be valued
Health workers in different regions of Guinea-Bissau went on strike at the end of September to fight for improvements of the health system
Chile’s congress passes plan to expand access to abortion services and other stories
Today we look at a bill to decriminalize abortion tabled in Chile’s congress, a report on alleged sexual abuse during the WHO’s response to an Ebola outbreak in the DRC, and more
Public Services Day: a focus on community health workers
Although they have played a key role for securing access to health care in epidemic conditions, including the Ebola epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic, community health workers are still under-recognized and underpaid
National strike in Colombia also a fight for fair access to health care
Regressive health and tax reforms have sparked protests in Colombia, building upon decades of undermining the public health system and reducing access to the poor and working class.
30,000 nurses prepare for strike action in New Zealand
Thousands of nurses, midwives and similar healthcare professionals working in hospitals operated by the 20 District Health Boards will be on an eight-hour strike action on June 9, protesting low wage rates and understaffing
Brazil breaks record with 4,195 deaths from COVID-19 in 24 hours
As Brazil breaks records with numbers of deaths and confirmed cases, a study done by PoderData reveals that significant sectors of Brazilian society believe that Bolsonaro is responsible for the health crisis






