Today’s strike by medical technicians in Oregon could be the beginning of a labour organising trend amid the pandemic.
![Nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 150 medical technicians - a group of highly skilled healthcare professionals who typically don’t have the labour protections afforded to nurses and doctors - have been negotiating their first union contract as part of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, and decided to strike Thursday [Courtesy: Sam Potter]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SamPotter.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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Lizzie Mulvey is a journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. She worked as a reporter and assistant video editor for the PBS Frontline film, Whose Vote Counts, and has published print stories in USA Today, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and PBS. She grew up in New Jersey and holds a dual master’s degree in journalism and data science from Columbia University.
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