Providence Nurses Stage Massive Strike in Portland and Seaside.
1,300 nurses at Providence Portland Medical Center in Portland, Oregon, have gone on strike, the city's first nursing strike in 22 years. The union is demanding new minimum staffing rules to address chronic understaffing during the pandemic, while Providence argues that it has made a fair offer that would have increased average wages by 12% in the first year. Providence has hired between 300 and 400 replacement nurses to staff its Portland medical center during the strike, nearly 1,000 fewer than its typical headcount.
