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Some 80 clinicians at Legacy Health recently announced 2-day solidarity strikes to show support for 140 of their coworkers—represented by the Oregon Nurses Association—who are already on an open-ended strike that started on December 2, according to the Oregonian. As of press time, about 50 nurse practitioners and physician assistants at Legacy-GoHealth Urgent Care clinics were committed to a strike during the holiday week as were 30 pediatric advanced practice providers who work at Randall Children’s Hospital.
The why: Clinicians cited concerns about patient care, staffing levels, and compensation as well as 2 years of stalled negotiations. Legacy Health facilities in the Portland metro area and Southwest Washington, including Legacy Emanuel and Good Samaritan, were affected by the strike. Federal mediation has begun to help resolve the disagreements