According to a statement from the Oregon Nurses Association, more than 70 hospitalists and palliative care doctors at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center voted on Saturday to accept a provisional deal with Providence Oregon, following over a month of walkouts.
However, according to the Oregon Nurses Association, the doctors, who are represented by the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association and were negotiating under a different contract than the thousands of striking nurses, will not leave their picket line until the nurses come to an agreement.
A day after striking Oregon Nurses Association members rejected proposed labor contracts on Friday at seven of the eight striking locations, including St. Vincent, a tentative agreement was reached with the doctors.
According to an email from Providence spokeswoman Gary Walker, striking nurses at Providence Medford also rejected a proposed contract on Saturday.
Wage increases, improved sick leave accrual, protections against subcontracting, and procedures to handle large patient numbers are among the main features of the tentative deal that doctors voted to support, according to the Oregon Nurses Association.
According to Dr. Jahanavi Chandrashekar, an internist at Providence St. Vincent and a member of the bargaining team, it means that when we return to work, we will have safer staffing, be able to better recruit and retain physicians, and be able to spend more time with our patients. However, we will remain on the picket line for the time being until the nurses who work next to us receive the contract they are entitled to.
“Providence is happy to report that the physicians approved the agreement,” Walker wrote in an email in response to a question about the vote to approve the transaction.
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