
Nurses in Portugal wage a battle for better rights and recognition, with recent strikes in both public and private sectors marking a potential surge in activism. The nurses have cited salaries that lag behind those in the public sector and longer work schedules compared to their counterparts in public hospitals

Two nurses’ trade unions in Portugal launched a one-day strike on International Nurses’ Day to fight for better staffing and working conditions. More protests are expected in the coming months with private sector nurses also likely to join in

Nurses from Mount Sinai and Montefiore hospitals of New York who went on strike starting Monday, January 9 won a historic victory

In today’s episode, we bring you stories of the killing of anti-coup protesters in Peru, protests against the coup attempt in Brazil, a strike by nurses in New York, and the UNSC approving aid for rebel-held areas in Syria

A historic strike by nurses in the United Kingdom inspired solidarity among health workers in Portugal, who are fighting their own struggle for a better public health system

The Portuguese Nurses’ Union (SEP) accused the Socialist Party (PS)-led government of discriminating against nurses by excluding them while revising salaries of civil servants

The Danish health sector is struggling without adequate staff and resources, even as workers in female-dominated professions like nursing make less money than those in male-dominated professions

Thousands of nurses and midwives went on a day-long strike in Australia’s most populous New South Wales State to protest stagnating wages and unsafe staffing conditions

The island has been forced to rely on foreign recruitment for nursing jobs, as eroding working conditions drive many abroad to richer countries

Nurses in Georgia are building resistance to harmful government policies, and organized a protest in Tbilisi supported by trade unions

Today we look at the explosions outside the Kabul airport, the Danish government’s intervention in a historic nurses strike, and more

The nurses’ strike in Denmark demanding pay rise and an end to wage gaps entered its 62nd day on August 19, making it the longest such action by nurses in the country