Nearly 5,000 nurses at all eight Providence hospitals in Oregon last week rejected a tentative agreement reached between the health system and their labor union, the Oregon Nurses Association, extending a strike that began Jan. 10 and is now in its fifth week.

The idea of RFK being put in office is terrible. It’s a detriment to the health of the people and will be absolutely unsafe.”

Oregon nurses reject a tentative deal from Providence hospitals, continuing their strike for better conditions.

Nurses on strike at eight Providence hospitals in Oregon have rejected tentative agreements that would have ended the largest health care workers’ strike in state history.

Providence hospitals in Oregon overwhelmingly voted down proposed labor contracts Friday, opting to continue a strike now in its fifth week. Nurses at Providence Portland Medical Center, St. Vincent Medical Center,

Providence Medford says striking nurses have rejected a contract offer by the hospital, continuing as part of one of the largest health care worker walkouts in the state’s history.

Nurses from seven Providence hospitals in Oregon "resoundingly" rejected their proposed contracts, prolonging indefinitely a strike that began on Jan. 10.

Providence and nurses at its eight Oregon hospitals have reached a tentative agreement after 26 days of strike

Several nurses told The Oregonian/OregonLive they plan to vote to reject the contract and continue a strike approaching its fifth week.

The Oregon Nurses Association-represented nurses at seven Providence locations across the state have “resoundingly” rejected the latest deal offered by the hospital system, the union announced Friday evening.