Leaders from Providence and the union only began meeting face to face after Gov. Tina Kotek intervened and urged both parties to return to the bargaining table to end the strike. That set off more than a week of round-the-clock mediation sessions that went late into the nights. News of last Tuesday’s tentative deal didn’t emerge until after 10 p.m.

The idea of RFK being put in office is terrible. It’s a detriment to the health of the people and will be absolutely unsafe.”

Oregon nurses reject a tentative deal from Providence hospitals, continuing their strike for better conditions.

Providence hospitals in Oregon overwhelmingly voted down proposed labor contracts Friday, opting to continue a strike now in its fifth week. Nurses at Providence Portland Medical Center, St. Vincent Medical Center,

Providence Medford says striking nurses have rejected a contract offer by the hospital, continuing as part of one of the largest health care worker walkouts in the state’s history.