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.

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.

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

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.

Providence hospitals reached a tentative contract agreement with the health system’s leaders late Tuesday, nearing a possible end to a strike that was in its 26th day.

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

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

Nurses at seven hospitals across Oregon have rejected Providence’s latest offer to end a nearly month-long strike, according to the Oregon Nurses Association on