Doctors, Nurses in Oregon Still on Strike
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This is a MedPage Today story. As the strike by nearly 5,000 healthcare workers from Providence Health in Oregon reaches the 3-week mark, representatives from the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) union, which is representing the workers, and the health system are in mediation at the request of Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D). Even several members of Oregon's Congressional delegation have called on the two groups to reach an agreement, sending a letter last week to Providence leadership, urging the healthcare system to "engage in good faith bargaining" with the healthcare workers, according to local news station KGW. The strike -- which began Jan. 10 after months of negotiations between the involved parties -- is believed to be the largest involving healthcare workers and the first involving physicians in the state's history, according to ONA. Since that time, the strike has continued without resolution between ONA and Providence. On Wednesday, ONA and Providence issued a joint...
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/doctors-nurses-oregon-strike-118323462
This is a MedPage Today story. As the strike by nearly 5,000 healthcare workers from Providence Health in Oregon reaches the 3-week mark, representatives from the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) union, which is representing the workers, and the health system are in mediation at the request of Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D). Even several members of Oregon's Congressional delegation have called on the two groups to reach an agreement, sending a letter last week to Providence leadership, urging the healthcare system to "engage in good faith bargaining" with the healthcare workers, according to local news station KGW. The strike -- which began Jan. 10 after months of negotiations between the involved parties -- is believed to be the largest involving healthcare workers and the first involving physicians in the state's history, according to ONA. Since that time, the strike has continued without resolution between ONA and Providence. On Wednesday, ONA and Providence issued a joint...
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/doctors-nurses-oregon-strike-118323462