It started on January 10I finish.
Late Monday, eight RN bargaining units They voted with an overwhelming majority to ratify their contracts The end of the strike, which was believed to be the largest health care workers, and the first to include doctors, in the history of the state, according to the Association of Nurses in Oregon (ONA), which represented the workers.
Among the main provisions in the contracts that nurses will receive wage increases ranging from 20 % to 42 % over the age of the contract, with an immediate increase to 22 % upon certification, and the patient will be taken in employment plans.
“In our capacity RNS, we believe that these contracts will lead to more employment and keep the front lines nurses where wages become more compatible with other health systems, and we have the recruitment language that will allow us to spend more time with patients who need more than one care, in statement.
In e -mail observations, the health system indicated that “Province is Oregon state that RNS represented in the Federation in all the eight hospitals of Oregon voted for approval of new contracts and ending their strikes. We realize that the challenges they face during the past six weeks and we are proud of these agreements that deal with the problems that have been identified in the union negotiations specified as states during the negotiations.”
The health system added: “We are grateful for the compromise teams from the ministries of Brudence and Al -Ittihad for their cooperative work to find a common ground.” “We look forward to working in cooperation to find sustainable solutions to the health care needs in Oregon.”
It was an end to the strike It is not without challenges.
Earlier this month, hospital doctors at the Proventise Saint Vincent Medical Center in Portland Voice unanimously in favor of their contract. However, they also expressed their solidarity with the colleagues who He rejected either the latest offer from Provence Or a Initial agreement with the health system.
“While there is always a greater change of the invitation, this contract is a big step in the right direction and sets a great basis for construction to ensure the continued good care of our community and the quality of our lives for our members,” said Jahnavi Chandrashekar, a doctorate in medicine, an internal specialist in Providence St. Vincent and member of the bargaining team, at the time. “This means that when we go back to work, we will have safer employees, to be able to better employ hospital doctors, and we can spend more time with our patients. But for the time being, we will continue to keep the sit -in line until the nurses who work beside us also get the contract they deserve.”
The strike was He got the attention of state leaders.
In late January, ONA and Providence Oregon issued a joint statement, noting that at the request of Oregon Governor Tina Cotik (D), “they agreed to return representatives from both sides in intense mediation … in an attempt to end this strike.”
The statement added, “Both sides participate in every possible effort to resolve this conflict urgently and return people to work,” the statement added.
It included a group of health care workers in the strike, most of them nurses, but also doctors, nurses practitioners, doctors and midwives.
“We will be here as long as it takes it,” Jennifer Lincoln told a doctorate MedPage today On the first day of the strike.
“Doctors and nurses are all united to this range,” Lincoln said. “We restore our strength so that we can do what is better for patients. Our voices are important.”
At that time, I also dealt with the importance of doctors who first struck in the history of Oregon, noting that “we have to support our right to take care of our patients, and do not cause any harm first.”