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Providence Health System
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.
Union Organizing
Hospital support workers unionize – by one vote – at Providence Portland
In a real-life demonstration that every vote counts, support staff at Providence Portland hospital have won a union by a single vote — after an on-again, off-again campaign that goes back 20 years.
