Kotek personally pressures Providence, nurses union to settle strike

At 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Salem, top leaders of the Oregon Nurses Association and Providence Health in Oregon met in person for the first time in months. There, they heard a sense of urgency from none other than Gov. Tina Kotek — who’d called the meeting just 24 hours before, and was there to address the two sides in person —in contrast with previous weeks, when she communicated with either side remotely. Come to an agreement, she urged them, and end Oregon’s largest-ever health care strike — soon. Now, days later, the extent to which the…..

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