The strike ended after nurses on strike at all eight Providence hospitals in Oregon voted to approve new contracts with Providence on Feb. 24. The new labor contracts include wage increases of 20% ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nurses at Providence's eight Oregon hospitals approved new contracts on Monday after over six weeks of strike, ending what the state nurses union has described as the ...

Oregon's would be the first state to provide pay for picketing public employees — who aren't even allowed to strike in most ...

Oregon's unemployment rate has been steadily increasing over the last year. In March 2024, the unemployment rate was four-point-one percent. Last month, the unemployment rate was ...

Natalie Pate / OPB Striking workers in Oregon are a ... Portland teachers and Providence nurses, the number shoots up. The employment department says a continuation of strike trends from the ...

Tamara Jones-Childs, a registered nurse represented by the Oregon Nurses Association, wrote in support of the bill, sending a message while on Day 29 of the Providence strike. That strike has ...

Democrats Janeen Sollman of Hillsboro and Jeff Golden of Ashland voted no. Passing the bill would make Oregon the first state ... unemployment benefits while on strike. The bill was introduced ...

Despite those and other workforce challenges, including a 46-day strike at Providence Oregon facilities that ended in February, he is optimistic. “This has been my professional home, so I have a ...

The state has seen two large strikes in recent years: Thousands of nurses and dozens of doctors at Providence’s eight Oregon hospitals were on strike for six weeks earlier this year ...