Nurses at two more Providence hospitals vote to authorize a strike

Nurses at Providence Milwaukie and Providence Willamette Falls now join their colleagues at Providence St. Vincent in strike authorization.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Frontline nurses at two more Providence hospitals within the greater Portland area have voted to authorize a strike, according to a statement from the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) released Thursday night.

This development means that nurses at Providence Milwaukie Hospital and Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center now join their colleagues at Providence St. Vincent in strike authorization, the latter having voted to strike in May.

“There’s a patient care crisis at Providence. Every day, nurses are forced to care for twice as many

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