PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #42: More health workers join fight for social justice

[Health PD]

This fortnight Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans caused mass protests
all over France , with health workers and collectives joining the
mobilizations. The reform would deepen existing health inequalities between
workers in different sectors, as well as women and men in the workplace,
warned the collectives. In New York City [
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/14/new-york-nurses-win-historic-gains-

Bulletin #42: More health workers join fight for social justice
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This fortnight

Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans caused mass protests all over France
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/20/emmanuel-macrons-pension-reform-is-a-health-hazard/>,
with health workers and collectives joining the mobilizations. The reform
would deepen existing health inequalities between workers in different
sectors, as well as women and men in the workplace, warned the collectives.

In New York City
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/14/new-york-nurses-win-historic-gains-from-strike/>,
nurses achieved important breakthroughs by striking at the beginning of
January. They are now looking to expand action in public sector
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/18/following-wins-in-the-private-sector-nyc-nurses-shift-fight-to-public-sector-hospitals/>
hospitals. Primary health care doctors in Madrid
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/17/workers-continue-to-protest-in-defense-of-public-health-in-madrid/>
re-launched the strike initiated in November as they struggle to engage the
regional government in more substantial negotiations.

Doctors in Kenya
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/20/doctors-in-kenya-get-ready-to-strike-after-six-years-of-broken-promises/>are
preparing for a possible strike over the government’s disregard of the
Collective Bargaining Agreement signed in 2016. We met with Dr Mercy
Nabwire from the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists
Union to learn more about their grievances and working conditions.

Dr Şebnem Korur Fincancı, President of the Turkish Medical Association, was
found guilty
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/14/turkish-medical-association-dr-sebnem-korur-fincanci-declared-guilty-but-released-from-jail/>of
“spreading terrorist propaganda” after spending more than two months in
prison. International medical associations have condemned the court’s
decision. They have also warned against the attempt of the Erdoğan
administration to discredit the Turkish Medical Association.

In the first two episodes of the *Global Health Watch podcast*, Ronald
Labonté talks about the global political and economic architecture,
including its role
<https://phmovement.org/ghwpodcast-episode-1-from-pre-pandemic-pathologies-to-post-pandemic-hopefulness-en-es-fr-ar/>in
shaping health determinants. Amulya Nidhi addresses the relation between
the impact of extractivism
<https://phmovement.org/development-model-extractivism-and-environment-knitting-resistances-globally/>on
the health of communities and their land.

In *Data speaks*, we look at changes in the number of abortions provided in
different parts of the US after the overturn of *Roe v. Wade*.
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Featured articles

*Doctors in Kenya get ready to strike after six years of broken promises
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/20/doctors-in-kenya-get-ready-to-strike-after-six-years-of-broken-promises/>*

Doctors in Kenya prepare for possible industrial action as the 2016
Collective Bargaining Agreement remains unfulfilled despite multiple court
warnings to the government

*Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform is a health hazard
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/20/emmanuel-macrons-pension-reform-is-a-health-hazard/>*

Workers from all sectors in France held a day of mobilizations against
President Macron’s proposal of a pension reform on January 19. Health
collectives are joining the initiative

*Following wins in the private sector, NYC nurses shift fight to public
sector hospitals
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/18/following-wins-in-the-private-sector-nyc-nurses-shift-fight-to-public-sector-hospitals/>*

After over 7,000 NYC nurses went on strike and won historic agreements with
private hospitals, nurses serving the poorest patients begin their fight
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*Video: New York nurses win historic gains from strike
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/14/new-york-nurses-win-historic-gains-from-strike/>*

Nurses from Mount Sinai and Montefiore hospitals of New York who went on
strike starting Monday, January 9 won a historic victory
  <https://youtu.be/a79TcZwFPr8>
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Short reads

*Workers continue to protest in defense of public health in Madrid
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/17/workers-continue-to-protest-in-defense-of-public-health-in-madrid/>*

Health workers and patients converge in mass protests as Madrid’s
conservative regional government refuses to prioritize the public health
system

*Turkish Medical Association Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı declared guilty but
released from jail
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/14/turkish-medical-association-dr-sebnem-korur-fincanci-declared-guilty-but-released-from-jail/>*

Dr Şebnem Korur Fincancı was found guilty of “spreading terrorist
propaganda” and sentenced to almost three years of jail, while other
Central Committee members of the Turkish Medical Association still face
charges in court
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Global Health Watch podcast

*From pre-pandemic pathologies to post-pandemic hopefulness
<https://phmovement.org/ghwpodcast-episode-1-from-pre-pandemic-pathologies-to-post-pandemic-hopefulness-en-es-fr-ar/>*

Ronald Labonté explores the global political and economic architecture and
its structural role in shaping health determinants worldwide

*Development model, extractivism, and environment: knitting resistances
globally
<https://phmovement.org/development-model-extractivism-and-environment-knitting-resistances-globally/>*

Amulya Nidhi speaks about the context and relation between the development
model, extractivism and its impact on communities, their territories, and
their health
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Data speaks
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