Nurses strike continues on day three with pickets outside Providence Seaside

The Providence staffers are demanding higher wages and better benefits from the company. Roughly 1,800 health care workers in Portland and Seaside are on strike.

SEASIDE, Ore. — Nurses and clinicians walked the picket line Wednesday outside Providence Seaside Hospital. The honks coming from passing vehicles were a sign of the love the coastal community showed for the staffers on day three of a five-day strike.

“The support has been amazing from the community,” Ingrid Boettcher said. “Amazing.”

Boettcher handles triage and wound care at Providence Seaside. She is one of approximately 1,800 nurses and clinicians from that hospital, Providence Portland Medical Center, and

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