A notice from the Oregon Nurses Association to members before any official announcement called the tentative contracts 'historic,' but talks continue for home health care nurses
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Nurses and other health care workers along with their supporters took to the picket lines outside Providence Portland Medical Center on Monday as the state’s largest nurses union called a five-day strike. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT
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It hasn’t been formally announced, but the Oregon Nurses Association is declaring victory in negotiations with Providence Health over contracts at hospitals in Portland and Seaside.
But home health care nurses haven’t seen a breakthrough.
The deal at the two hospitals came after an unusual Aug. 10 bargaining session involving all three workplaces. It ended months of tension punctuated by a limited five-day strike.
In a notice for its members, the union’s negotiators said the health system, Oregon’s largest, had agreed to substantial increases in pay and time off.
The union notice called the deal a “historic wage increase” and cited other concessions.
“This is the best contract we’ve achieved in several decades,” reads the notice to Portland Providence nurses....
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