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Providence Portland Hospital
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
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.
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.
