The largest health care strike in Oregon history began early Friday at Providence across the state, as roughly 5,000 frontline health professionals walked off the job. The strike — which includes mostly nurses and 150 doctors and advanced practitioners in addition to thousands of nurses — spans Providence’s eight hospitals in the state.

Nearly 5,000 doctors and nurses at several Providence hospitals and clinics hit the picket lines Friday in what could be the largest health care worker strike i

Thousands of Providence health care workers are striking this morning in the largest health care strike in Oregon history. Here's why.

Oregon faces its largest healthcare worker strike, with 5,000 doctors and nurses from Providence Health on strike with no set end date.

Close to 5,000 Providence nurses and about 150 doctors, midwives and advanced practice providers went on strike indefinitely starting Friday morning.

Nearly 5,000 healthcare workers from Providence Health began a strike Friday morning, picketing all eight Providence hospitals in Oregon, after months of contract negotiations between the health system and the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) union, which is representing the workers.

Nearly 5,000 frontline workers who are taking this action are fired up, ready to go, committed and angry,” she said. “Our members are angry because Providence has systemati