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Nurses at Providence hospitals in Oregon approve new contracts, ending over 6 weeks of strike

By AP News - Feb 24, 2025, 09:39 PM ET
Last Updated - Feb 24, 2025, 11:00 PM EST
Oregon Hospitals Strike
FILE - A person walks past a sign directing vehicles toward the emergency room at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Nurses at Providence's eight Oregon hospitals have approved new contracts, ending over six weeks of strike

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nurses at Providence's eight Oregon hospitals approved new contracts on Monday after over six weeks of strike, ending what the state nurses union has described as the largest health care strike in state history.

Providence and hospital nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association union reached the tentative agreement last week, after the nurses rejected a previous proposal. The changes under the second, approved deal include more retroactive pay for nurses whose contracts expired before December 2024.

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Most of the 5,000 on strike were nurses, but dozens of doctors at a Portland hospital and at six women’s health clinics also participated. The strike, which began Jan. 10, came after more than a year of negotiations failed to produce an agreement over wages, benefits and staffing levels.

The hospital doctors at Providence St. Vincent in Portland and providers at the women's health clinics ratified their new contracts earlier this month.

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