Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This photo essay presents a strike that took place during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Hong Kong. While the literature shows that industrial actions in the healthcare sector are not uncommon, they are rarely discussed through a visual approach. Indeed, healthcare workers are very difficult to organise and mobilise due to the challenges in justifying the action and the potential conflicts to their professionalism. This photo essay offers a descriptive and visual account of the strike, explaining the workers’ motivation, demands, the negotiation process, and the result of the strike. It provides much insight into understanding healthcare workers’ struggles during the pandemic and facilitates more discussions on the politics of industrial actions.
Source: Journal of Working-Class Studies
Authors: Hong Yu Liu, Bill Taylor, Alex Tsz Yuk Chan
Institution: University of Sussex
Language: English
Topic: Labor Movements and Unions
Subfield: Public Administration
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413276342