Providence Health announced that all eight of its hospitals are prepared to resume negotiations with the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA).

Providence Medical Group has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, accusing the union of bad faith bargaining, while doctors and

Providence said it still wasn’t ready to negotiate with bargaining units for nurses at its largest Portland hospitals.

Almost 5,000 Oregon healthcare workers are striking against nonprofit health system Providence after more than a year of failed contract negotiations. | Though largely comprised of nurses, the walk-off that began Friday also includes physician associates and doctors—the latter of which is a first for Oregon,

On the fifth day of the largest health care strike in Oregon history, Providence indicated it is ready to resume negotiation talks with the some 5,000 striking nurses and doctors across its eight hospitals.