Providence strike 2025
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Obstetric hospitalists Darleen Dodson, MD, left, and Jennifer Lincoln, MD, center, stand on the picket line outside of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, in Portland, Ore., Jan. 10, 2025.
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Hundreds of striking workers line the road outside of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, in Portland, Ore., Jan. 10, 2025.
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Strikers at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center on Friday morning. The strike, which impacts all eight Providence hospitals in the state as well as six women’s clinics, includes nearly 5,000 nurses and 150 physicians and advanced practitioners.
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Hundreds of striking workers line the road outside of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, in Portland, Ore., Jan. 10, 2025. Thousands of workers walked off the job on Friday at all eight Providence hospitals in the state as well as six women’s clinics, including nurses, physicians and advanced practitioners.
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Becca Winters, an RN in medical ICU stands on the picket line outside of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, in Portland, Ore., Jan. 10, 2025.
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Hundreds of striking workers line the road outside of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, in Portland, Ore., Jan. 10, 2025.
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Jennifer Lincoln, MD, an obstetric hospitalist, right, stays dry under her head-mounted umbrella while striking at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, in Portland, Ore., Jan. 10, 2025. Thousands of workers at Providence Oregon walked off the job Friday morning.
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Shekhar Ojha, MD, an internal medicine physician at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center for 10 years, stands on the picket line outside the facility in Portland, Ore., Jan. 10, 2025. He says the high rate of turnover places a burden on people who choose to stay. “If you cannot safely practice medicine, it is not a good practice at all.” Thousands of workers walked off the job on Friday at all eight Providence hospitals in the state as well as six women’s clinics, including nurses, physicians and advanced practitioners.
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Nurse Jennifer Jadama, RN, stands on the picket line outside of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, in Portland, Ore., Jan. 10, 2025. Thousands of workers walked off the job on Friday at all eight Providence hospitals in the state as well as six women’s clinics, including nurses, physicians and advanced practitioners.
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Picket signs line fencing outside of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, in Portland, Ore., Jan. 10, 2025. Thousands of workers walked off the job on Friday at all eight Providence hospitals in the state as well as six women’s clinics, including nurses, physicians and advanced practitioners.
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People wave to honking cars on the strike line outside Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital, Jan. 10, 2025. Nurse and bargaining unit chair Brittany Foss noted, "we have a really supportive community here."
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People on the picket line outside Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital on the first day of a statewide strike, Jan. 10, 2025. Nurses at all eight Providence locations went on strike Friday, citing concerns about pay, health insurance, and staffing shortages.
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Sorrel Karaba, center, cheers and raises her sign while on the strike line at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital, Jan. 10, 2025. Karaba is a nurse at OHSU and came to support her fellow nurses, saying, "they supported us when we were bargaining."
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Carol Adams, a registered nurse at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital, stands on the strike line outside the hospital on Jan. 10, 2025, Hood River, Ore. Adams, who has worked as a nurse for over two decades, says that while she is nearing the end of her career, she wants to make sure the job is sustainable for younger nurses.
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Providence nurse and bargaining unit chair Brittany Foss, right, on the strike line outside Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital on the first day of a statewide strike, Jan. 10, 2025. Foss says the bargaining process has been "disappointing. We made a lot of effort and tried creative solutions, but Providence won't budge."
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Paula Chakowski, who has worked as an emergency room nurse at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital for a decade, waves to passing cars while on the strike line, Hood River, Ore., Jan. 10, 2025. Chakowski says "this is the last place I'd like to be," but noted concerns about retroactive pay and staffing shortages as reasons she was driven to strike.
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Nurses hold signs on the strike line outside Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital on the first day of a statewide strike, Jan. 10, 2025. RN Lori Warneking, in center, says having to be on strike "is sad to me. I want to do what I love, taking care of people." RN Janet Alvarado, right, says, "it feels good to be part of a movement."
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Providence Medford Medical Center nurses joined a statewide health care worker strike on Jan. 10, 2025, in Medford, Ore.
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Providence Medford Medical Center nurses joined a statewide health care worker strike on Jan. 10, 2025, in Medford, Ore.
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