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OFNHP: As Strike Ends, the Fight for our Patients and Fairness Continues

tatement by Sarina Roher, president of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, on the end of the five-day strike at 7 a.m., Oct. 19, but continuation of the fight for fairness:

“The strike may be over, but our fight for our patients and for fairness in healthcare is far from finished. What this strike proved was the incredible unity and courage of Kaiser healthcare workers, standing together with our community, other labor unions and our elected officials.

AFT President Weingarten, U.S. Rep. Dexter to Hold News Conference On Friday at OFNHP strike line

Media advisory for
7:30 a.m., Oct. 17, 2025

Contact:Shane Burley, OFNHP
503-875-4228
sburley@ofnhp.org

Andrew Crook, AFT
607-280-6603
acrook@aft.org

PORTLAND, Ore.—AFT President Randi Weingarten, U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Ore., and a Kaiser patient will hold a news conference on Oct. 17 at a picket line of striking Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers to show their strong support for the caregivers.

About 4,000 members of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, an affiliate of AFT, have been on strike since Tuesday.

WHAT:
News conference

WHEN:
7:30 a.m

Kaiser Healthcare Workers Start Strike at 7 a.m. Tuesday

PORTLAND, Ore.—About 4,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and other health professionals who work at Kaiser hospitals and medical centers in Oregon and Southwest Washington will strike at 7 a.m., Oct. 14. They are part of 45,000 striking Kaiser workers around the country, which makes it the biggest strike of the year.

Nurses and other health professionals at Kaiser’s Oregon, Southwest Washington facilities to begin strike on Oct. 14

PORTLAND, Ore.—About 4,000 nurses and other health professionals at Kaiser Permanente facilities in Oregon and Southwest Washington will begin their strike at 7 a.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, after months of Kaiser's refusal to agree to a contract that addresses the serious concerns raised by frontline healthcare workers.

Nurses and other health professionals at Kaiser’s Oregon, Southwest Washington facilities plan to strike Oct. 14

PORTLAND, Ore.—The Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals announced today that its members at Kaiser Permanente facilities throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington will strike starting Oct. 14 unless they are able to reach a tentative contract agreement with Kaiser. The strike would start Oct. 14 and go no longer than five days, said OFNHP President Sarina Roher.

OFNHP nurses and other health professionals at Kaiser facilities vote to authorize a strike

PORTLAND, Ore.—Nurses and other health professionals at Kaiser Permanente facilities throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington voted overwhelmingly to authorize their union—the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals—to call a strike, union officials said today.

Over 96 percent of OFNHP members voted to authorize a strike.

PeaceHealth Workers Reach Tentative Agreement

The 1,700 union workers at PeaceHealth have reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) with management, bringing their campaign to a close with historic pay raises of over 50% for some workers.

VANCOUVER, WA.— The over 1,700 frontline healthcare workers from PeaceHealth Southwest, PeaceHealth Sacred Heart and PeaceHealth St. John have reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) with management after months of contract negotiations and a five-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike. These healthcare workers, who are members of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP, AFT Local 5017)

As PeaceHealth Strike Ends Workers Continue to Bargain, Another Strike Possible

The 1,300 striking PeaceHealth workers returned to work on Saturday and will be bargaining in the coming weeks; PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Techs could call a strike authorization vote at any time.

VANCOUVER, WA.— On Saturday, October 28th, the 1,300 PeaceHealth workers who went on strike on Monday, October 23rd, returned to work. These workers had organized a five-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike to protest actions by management that the union says were illegal and violated the union rights of their workers. These healthcare workers, who are members of the Oregon Federation of Nurses

Over 1,300 PeaceHealth Workers Will Walk Out on an Unfair Labor Practice Strike

At 6:30am on Monday, October 23rd, 1,300 PeaceHealth frontline healthcare workers are walking out for 5 days to protest the employer’s violations of federal labor law.

VANCOUVER, WA.— On Monday morning at 6:30am, over 1,300 healthcare workers from PeaceHealth Southwest and St. John are walking off the job and onto a picket line. These frontline healthcare workers, who are members of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP, AFT Local 5017, AFL-CIO), and in the Tech, Service and Maintenance, and Lab Professional units, have been fighting Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs) for

PeaceHealth to Cancel Striking Workers’ Healthcare, Refuses Negotiations

After over 1,300 workers announced that they will walk out to strike this coming Monday, October 23rd, PeaceHealth decided to walk away from the bargaining table. The workers are members of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP, AFT Local 5017, AFL-CIO), many of whom have been bargaining fruitlessly for months. PeaceHealth has additionally taken the unheard of threat to cut the health insurance of these striking workers if their strike lasts into November.