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Omaha Steve

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Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:19 AM Jan 21

5,000 Nurses and Doctors Are on Strike at Eight Oregon Hospitals


I checked their site. As far as I know, they are still on strike.


Nurses, doctors, midwives, and nurse practitioners have hit the picket lines at eight Providence hospitals around the state, including giant hospitals in Portland and small ones like Providence Seaside. Photo: Jesse Dreyer

https://labornotes.org/2025/01/nurses-and-doctors-are-strike-eight-oregon-hospitals

January 14, 2025 / Kari Thompson

Declaring that understaffing had them “running on empty,” 5,000 nurses, doctors, midwives, and nurse practitioners walked off the job January 10 in an open-ended strike at Providence Health and Services, the dominant hospital chain in the Pacific Northwest.

The strikers work at eight hospitals plus women’s health clinics across Oregon. They’re demanding proper staffing, affordable health insurance, and competitive pay that can attract and retain seasoned workers.

“I’ve been with Providence for over 30 years, and I have seen what’s changed,” said medical-surgical nurse Kim Martin at Providence Portland Medical Center. “Providence used to be a nice community hospital, and now it’s venture capital with health care as a side gig.”

The coordinated strike includes workers whose contract just expired and others who have been working without a contract for a year or are still bargaining their first agreement. Management, evidently alarmed by the broad coordination, has tried to split off strikers by negotiating separate agreements. So far it has met a wall of solidarity.

FULL story at link above.
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5,000 Nurses and Doctors Are on Strike at Eight Oregon Hospitals (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jan 21 OP
This is all The Felon's Fault. G.O.P. accepts full blame and responsibility. BoRaGard Jan 21 #1
Good for them. Take the Capitalistic bullshit and tell the owners to ram it up their asses. chouchou Jan 21 #2

chouchou

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2. Good for them. Take the Capitalistic bullshit and tell the owners to ram it up their asses.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:25 AM
Jan 21

Was a horrible day when the vultures came to peck at our health care system.

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