The largest health care worker strike in Oregon history is continuing this week, with thousands of Providence nurses and a number of doctors taking to picket lines across the state. Health care workers began their strike on Friday,

The Providence hospital system said it’s ready to begin scheduling negotiations with nurses at six out of its eight hospitals. Thousands of the company’s nurses are currently on strike.

On the fifth day of a historic health care workers strike impacting Providence facilities in Oregon, the hospital system signaled that it is now prepared to resume negotiations at all eight of its hospitals.

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

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

Almost 5,000 Oregon healthcare workers are striking against nonprofit health system Providence after more than a year of failed contract negotiations. | Though largely comprised of nurses, the walk-off that began Friday also includes physician associates and doctors—the latter of which is a first for Oregon,

On the fifth day of the largest health care strike in Oregon history, Providence indicated it is ready to resume negotiation talks with the some 5,000 striking nurses and doctors across its eight hospitals.

Four days after some 5,000 health care workers walked off the job at all eight Providence hospitals in Oregon, the health system said Tuesday it was ready to resume contract talks with the striking workers.

After five days of Oregon's largest health-care strike, including the state's first doctors' work stoppage, Providence Health announced it is ready to return to the bargaining table. The Oregon Nurses Association is calling for competitive wages and resolution of what it calls systemic,