The Duty to Strike
Health workers have long been wary of job actions that disrupt their patients’ care. But the Irish nurses strike shows how strikes can actually defend public services and win popular support.
Imre G. Szabó is a postdoctoral fellow at University College Dublin, researching trade unions and the economic governance of the European Union.
Health workers have long been wary of job actions that disrupt their patients’ care. But the Irish nurses strike shows how strikes can actually defend public services and win popular support.