The largest health care strike in Oregon history began early Friday at Providence facilities across the state, as roughly 5,000 frontline health professionals walked off the job.

Oregon's unemployment rate has been steadily increasing over the last year. In March 2024, the unemployment rate was four-point-one percent. Last month, the unemployment rate was ...

Tamara Jones-Childs, a registered nurse represented by the Oregon Nurses Association, wrote in support of the bill, sending a message while on Day 29 of the Providence strike. That strike has ...

Oregon's would be the first state to provide pay for picketing public employees — who aren't even allowed to strike in most ...

Democrats Janeen Sollman of Hillsboro and Jeff Golden of Ashland voted no. Passing the bill would make Oregon the first state ... unemployment benefits while on strike. The bill was introduced ...

Natalie Pate / OPB Striking workers in Oregon are a ... Portland teachers and Providence nurses, the number shoots up. The employment department says a continuation of strike trends from the ...

Golden said some Oregon cities and counties are “teetering” on the edge of fiscal failure and the bill could mean another financial strain of unknown size if their unionized employees strike ...

The state has seen two large strikes in recent years: Thousands of nurses and dozens of doctors at Providence's eight Oregon hospitals were on strike for six weeks earlier this year, while a 2023 ...