1976 Seattle nurses strike

Labor dispute in Washington, United States March 2022 March 2022 The 1976 Seattle nurses strike was a labor dispute between registered nurses represented by the Washington State Nurses Association and Seattle, Washington-area hospitals.The 1970s: First strike https://www.wsna.org/about/centennial/1970s WSNA en More than 1,500 nurses went on strike for more than two months at 15 hospitals.One Nurses' Strike Ends, Another Goes On in Seattle https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/02/archives/one-nurses-strike-ends-another-goes-on-in-seattle.html The New York Times 2 September 1976 Lasting 65 days, it was the longest nurses strike in U.S. history to that point. The strike was intersected with the feminist movement as many of the younger, university-educated nurses and largely female nurses rejected being yelled at by doctors and other issues of workplace harassment on top of other concerns about wages, staffing and the closed shop.Rebel Rank and File: Labor Militancy and Revolt from Below During the Long 1970s November 2010 Verso Books 978-1-84467-174-8 23-24 https://www.versobooks.com/books/282-rebel-rank-and-file References Category:1976 in Washington (state) Category:1976 labor disputes and strikes Category:Health and medical strikes in the United States Category:Healthcare in Washington (state) Category:History of Seattle Category:Labor disputes in Washington (state) Category:September 1976 in the United States Category:October 1976 in the United States Category:1970s strikes in the United States