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Providence health care worker strike continues through weekend

By OPB  
   January 13, 2025

The largest health care workers strike in Oregon’s history continued through the weekend with little progress, as thousands of Providence Oregon nurses and doctors strike for higher pay and better working conditions.

The nurses union said nearly 5,000 nurses planned to walk out from all eight Providence hospitals in Oregon along with close to 150 physicians and advanced practitioners.

Talks had stalled out since the Oregon Nurses Association first delivered a 10-day strike notice to Providence. Providence executives said in a Saturday press conference that they were ready to talk federal mediators to start the process for returning to the negotiating table, after preparing for the strike’s potential impact on operations.

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