Striking nurses begin picketing outside Providence Portland

The roughly 1,800 nurses on strike work at Providence Portland, Providence Seaside, and Providence Home Health and Hospice.

PORTLAND, Ore. — About two dozen nurses stood outside the Providence Home Services building on Northeast Halsey late Monday morning, lined up to voice their displeasure with Providence.

“It’s pretty discouraging to have to stand outside and hold a sign in order for the employer to do what’s right,” Pax Schneider said. “It shouldn’t come to that.”

Schneider is an occupational therapist for Providence and one of the approximately 1,800 nurses from Providence Portland, Providence Seaside, and Providence Home Health and Hospice who walked off the

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