Largest Health Care Strike in Oregon History Begins

Thousands of Providence workers walk out in state’s largest health care strike in Oregon history
The largest health care strike in Oregon history began early Friday at Providence across the state, as roughly 5,000 frontline health professionals walked off the job. The strike — which includes mostly nurses and 150 doctors and advanced practitioners in addition to thousands of nurses — spans Providence’s eight hospitals in the state.
The Providence health care strike, explained
Close to 5,000 Providence nurses and about 150 doctors, midwives and advanced practice providers went on strike indefinitely starting Friday morning.
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Providence nurses, and some doctors, walk out as open-ended strike begins
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