ONA pointed to Providence’s use of workers from an out-of-state agency specializing in “labor disputes” as a violation of Oregon law.
PORTLAND, Ore. — As a five-day health care worker strike at three Providence Health facilities in Oregon came to a close on Friday, the nurses union and hospital administrators traded barbs over an accusation that Providence violated state law.
The Oregon Nurses Association put out an embargoed statement slated for release at 5 p.m. on Friday. In that statement, ONA said that it had called upon the Oregon Attorney General’s office to open an investigation into Providence’s alleged use of “professional strikebreakers.”
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