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Providence, striking Oregon health workers remain apart on key issues
Providence Health & Services and its unionized workers in Oregon appear to remain deadlocked a week into the largest health care strike in Oregon history. Nearly 5,000 Providence nurses and about 150 doctors and advanced practitioners walked off the job early last Friday.
Providence health care worker strike heats up on fourth day as hospital system, union trade barbs
PORTLAND, Ore. — Monday marked the fourth day of the Providence strike, and the hospital system is saying that it's ready to talk with union employees at most of its hospitals. Bargaining plans include six of the eight of Providence hospitals, but not the two biggest ones in Portland.
Providence, Union Set to Re-Enter Negotiations Amid Historic Health Care Worker Strike
The largest health care worker strike in Oregon history is continuing this week, with thousands of Providence nurses and a number of doctors taking to picket lines across the state. Health care workers began their strike on Friday,
Providence hospitals ready to resume talks amid healthcare worker strike
Providence Health announced that all eight of its hospitals are prepared to resume negotiations with the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA).
Providence says it’s ready to resume contract talks with all striking workers
The hospital system and its union have each blamed the other for delaying talks that could resolve the strike.
On fifth day of historic health care workers strike, Providence signals it’s ready to negotiate at all eight hospitals
On the fifth day of a historic health care workers strike impacting Providence facilities in Oregon, the hospital system signaled that it is now prepared to resume negotiations at all eight of its hospitals.
The Providence health care strike, explained
Close to 5,000 Providence nurses and about 150 doctors, midwives and advanced practice providers went on strike indefinitely starting Friday morning.
Thousands of Providence workers begin largest health care strike in Oregon history
The largest health care strike in Oregon history began early Friday at Providence facilities across the state, as roughly 5,000 frontline health professionals walked off the job.
Providence nurses, doctors hit picket lines in the largest health care worker strike in state history
Some Providence nurses and physicians represented by the Oregon Nurses Association walked out to strike for better wages and staffing to improve patient care.
Striking health care workers in OR return to negotiations with Providence
After five days of Oregon's largest health-care strike, including the state's first doctors' work stoppage, Providence Health announced it is ready to return to the bargaining table. The Oregon Nurses Association is calling for competitive wages and resolution of what it calls systemic,
Providence Ready to Resume Negotiations with Striking Doctors, Nurses
Providence Health & Services said its negotiators are ready to reopen talks with the Oregon Nurses Association to end a strike by 5,000 doctors, nurses and other medical personnel that began on Jan. 10.
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