Feb. 5, 2025

If ratified, this would be the first contract for the more than 70 hospitalists who formed their union in August 2023.

After more than a year of bargaining and 27 days on the strike line, hospitalists from Providence St. Vincent, represented by the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, reached a tentative agreement with Providence Oregon. This is a historic agreement and the first for the more than 70 hospitalists at St. Vincent who have been on strike with registered nurses (RNs) from eight Providence hospitals and the doctors, RNs, advanced practice providers, and midwives from the Providence Women's Clinic since January 10. 

Dec. 30, 2024

11 Providence bargaining units from 8 hospitals and 6 clinics, including physicians, issue 10-day strike notice to Providence Oregon

(Portland, Ore.) - After a week of intensive bargaining followed by a 5-day cooling off period and additional mediated discussions, physicians, nurses, physician associates, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners (among others) delivered a 10-day notice to Providence management of their intent to strike. The notice informed management that the nearly 5,000 frontline healthcare workers intend to begin their open-ended strike on January 10, 2025, at 6:00 a.m.

May 8, 2024

The group is the latest in a wave of union organizing at Oregon’s second-largest health system as rumblings of an OHSU and Legacy merger continue.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - On May 7, physicians, physician associates and nurse practitioners at Legacy’s Primary Care clinics announced their intent to unionize with the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association (PNWHMA). The 150 providers are unionizing to ensure patient safety; increase retention, recruitment and respect of caregivers; implement safe staffing that will decrease burnout while improving caregiver wellbeing; and have a voice at the table as the details of the OHSU and Legacy merger unfold. The group submitted union authorization cards to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) May 8. The NLRB is expected to hold a hearing and set an election date in the coming weeks.