Nurse practitioners, physician associates, clinical nurse specialists and others Legacy Health medical professionals are on strike, the Oregon Nurses Association said.

The open-ended walkout, coming after a more than a year of stalled contract talks, will hit Legacy’s hospitals and clinics in Oregon and Southwest Washington starting Tuesday morning.

The workers, who unionized in 2023, voted overwhelmingly in October to authorize a strike. They formally notified Legacy management of their plans on Nov. 20 “while offering to continue meeting with Legacy executives every day to reach a fair agreement that protects patients, enables Legacy to recruit and retain skilled caregivers, ends inequitable practices like unpaid work and averts the need for a strike,” according to union officials.

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