Providence Health & Services in Oregon warned striking nurses Thursday that their health insurance will expire at the end of the month if their walkout continues. The strike, which began Jan. 10, has now lasted 36 days and involves nearly 5,
The Oregon Nurses Association is slamming Providence Health & Services for cutting nurses' healthcare benefits as they continue to strike for better working conditions. The
Providence Health & Services nurses and other health care professionals at its eight Oregon hospitals have reached tentative agreements with the company that could
Providence Health & Services in Oregon warned striking nurses Thursday that their health insurance will expire at the end of the month if their walkout continues. The strike, which began Jan. 10, has now lasted 36 days and involves nearly 5,000 nurses at all eight Providence hospitals across the state.
Providence Health & Services and the union representing nearly 5,000 of its nurses will return to the bargaining table this week amid an ongoing strike.The nego
In an email, 11 of the city council’s 12 members urged a return to the bargaining table, calling it a matter of public health and safety.
The sellout contract, the result of the ONA’s meeting with Oregon Governor Tina Kotek three weeks ago, was resoundingly voted down by 83 percent.
Providence Health & Services has issued a warning to striking nurses, stating that healthcare benefits for them and their families will be terminated.
Officials at Providence Health and Services have agreed to return to negotiations with a union representing nearly 5,000 nurses across eight hospitals statewide.
Striking Providence workers must return by Feb. 28 to keep benefits, as union provides financial aid through a hardship fund.
Oregon's largest hospital system cited the length of the strike in a notice to nurses who've walked out from eight hospitals. The union accused Providence of delaying after members voted down a tentative deal.
Nurses on strike at eight Providence hospitals in Oregon have rejected tentative agreements that would have ended the largest health care workers’ strike in state history.