Health worker strikes: social and economic bases of conflict.
Entrenched social and economic inequities combined with spiralling inflation have led to a growing number of health worker strikes. The bases of conflict, as yet unresolved, challenge the caste-like structure of health systems. By highlighting the need for change, health worker strikes may foster an internal dynamism and the more democratic organization of working conditions in health services.
D001318:Authoritarianism; D002170:Canada; D003098:Collective Bargaining; D006281:Health Occupations; D006280:Health Workforce; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007750:Labor Unions; D009313:National Health Programs; D010820:Physicians; D012922:Social Change; D012923:Social Class; D012945:Social Values