The 1976 Seattle nurses strike was a labor dispute between registered nurses represented by the Washington State Nurses Association and Seattle, Washington-area hospitals.[1] More than 1,500 nurses went on strike for more than two months at 15 hospitals.[2] 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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "The 1970s: First strike". WSNA.
  2. ↑ "One Nurses' Strike Ends, Another Goes On in Seattle". The New York Times. September 2, 1976.
  3. ↑ Rebel Rank and File: Labor Militancy and Revolt from Below During the Long 1970s. Verso Books. November 2010. p. 23-24. ISBN 978-1-84467-174-8.


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