Should Christians strike?

Ben Chang  |  Comment
Date posted:  12 Dec 2025
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Should Christians strike?

Junior doctors raising awareness of the reasons for their strike vote on the streets of Norwich, 2015. Photo by Roger Blackwell via Flickr

Industrial action has become a regular part of many of our lives in the past few years. The latest in a long run of resident doctor strikes called by the British Medical Association threatens to disrupt NHS care just days before Christmas.

Over the festive period we are also set to see strikes affecting national bus and train services, air travel, and even cinema-going.

Like all resident doctors in the UK, I have found myself wrestling with the difficult decision of whether to participate in escalating strikes over the last two years. How should we, as Christians, view and respond to calls for industrial action?

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