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Providence Health System
Collective bargaining
Nurses and doctors strike eight Providence hospitals
The largest healthcare strike in Oregon history started Jan. 10. Once again, Providence staffs up with strikebreakers.
Collective bargaining
Biggest-yet Providence strike could be coming
Thirteen Oregon hospitals and clinics in the Providence health care chain could shut down as early as next month.
Collective bargaining
Providence locks out striking nurses
The three-day strike wrapped up on June 21 but Providence wouldn’t allow all striking nurses to return to work for two more days.
Collective bargaining
Nurses strike at six Providence hospitals
Providence notified the union that it won’t let strikers return to work on Friday, extending the work stoppage as a two-day lockout.Â
Collective bargaining
Providence settles with nurses
Two of the three bargaining units that held a five-day strike in June now have significant pay raises, more time off, and safer staffing.
Collective bargaining
Striking Providence nurses back to bargaining
Joint mediation with Providence Portland, Providence Seaside, and Providence Home Health and Hospice is scheduled for Aug. 9.
Workers Rights
The software that ate my paycheck
What’s behind the incredible string of payroll ‘errors’ at Fred Meyer, Providence, and the State of Oregon?
Collective bargaining
Still no deal after five-day nurse strike at Providence
Oregon’s first nurse strike in decades built solidarity and prompted legal questions about the use of strikebreakers. But no contract, yet.
Collective bargaining
Three units of Providence nurses set to strike
Nearly 1,800 nurses and clinicians may strike June 19 at Providence Portland, Providence Seaside, and Providence Home Health and Hospice.
Union Organizing
Union win at Providence Home Health
About 165 workers at Providence Home Health and Hospice have joined the Oregon Nurses Association after a 123-31 vote April 14.
Union Organizing
Three more Providence units move to unionize
At Providence women’s clinics, Providence Home Health and Hospice, and Providence Medford Medical Center, workers will vote on unionizing.
Health Care
Nurses are getting vocal
Hospitals don’t seem to be taking aggressive action to address overwork and unsafe staffing levels, which is leading to a vicious cycle of burnout.
Collective bargaining
Nurses approve a new contract in first of three Providence hospital votes
A bargaining unit of 233 nurses at Providence Willamette Falls in Oregon City voted to ratify a new contract, in ballots counted July 11.Â
Collective bargaining
Providence nurses reject tentative agreement
If they don't reach a deal soon, Oregon Nurses Association members could strike at three Providence hospitals July 11.
Collective bargaining
Providence St. Vincent nurses are ready to strike
After more than six months of unsuccessful bargaining, about 1,600 ONA-represented nurses could walk off the job with 10 days notice.
Collective bargaining
Strike vote at Providence St. Vincent
A unit of 1,600 nurses at Providence St. Vincent hospital in Southwest Portland will vote April 19 to May 3 on whether to authorize a strike.
Collective bargaining
Over 700 Providence nurses rally in show of unity
Providence nurses want staffing ratios, adequate breaks, affordable health insurance, and adequate pay increases.
Collective bargaining
Nurses say strike could be coming at Providence
Two years into the pandemic, nurses at Providence health facilities statewide are at a breaking point. Will Providence listen?
Collective bargaining
Providence Milwaukie signs first union contract
Providence Health System fought against the union of housekeepers and CNAs at every stage in their three-year campaign to win improvements.
Workers Rights
Over 800 Providence hospital workers lose their union over one smudged ballot
It’s the latest decision by Trump appointees on the NLRB who seem determined to reverse labor rights reforms of the Obama era.
