Strikes

National Nurses United and Affiliates

Year Total Number of Strikes Total Number of Days on Strike Total Number of Employees Idled by Strike Workdays Lost
2011 19 237 12,570 2,979,090
2012 26 433 17,938 7,767,154
2013 4 23 3,245 74,365
2014 6 17 19,694 334,798
2015 7 16 3,620 57,920
2016 4 59 14,866 877,094
2018 3 14 14,990 209,860
2019 10 19 8,887 168,853
2020 3 8 2,020 16,160
2021 7 11 13,805 151,855
2022 4 149 8,700 1,296,300
Total 93 986 120,335 118,650,310

* Years not shown had no strikes.** Strike data is compiled from a combination of Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services Work Stoppage Data, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Major Work Stoppages Data, and media coverage of strikes in order to provide the completest data possible. The data may not be comprehensive.

What’s at Risk during a Strike?

When union members are put on the picket line by the Unions, they find out firsthand just what they’re risking during an economic strike.

  • Patient care and service suffers.
  • Paychecks from the healthcare system may stop.
  • Strikers may have to pay the entire premium for any medical, dental and vision insurance policies.
  • Economic strikers don’t qualify for unemployment in most states.
  • In an economic strike, strikers may be permanently replaced: The striker will go on a preferential recall list, but a replacement worker has no obligation to give up the job when the strike is over, and the employer has no obligation to rehire the striking workers.