About 5,000 nurses and physicians have been on the picket lines since Jan. 10 due to a dispute over pay and staffing levels at Providence facilities.
PORTLAND, Ore. — There were no signs of a breakthrough Monday as Providence nurses and doctors once again hit the picket lines, marking the start of the third week since the strike began. About 5,000 Providence nurses and physicians have walked out for better wages and staffing improvements, making it the largest health care worker strike in Oregon’s history.
“The rhetoric we’ve seen in the hospital every day is ‘do more with less,'” said Telsche Gray, a nurse at Providence St.
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