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PeaceHealth Nurses Authorize Second Strike in Lane County

(Springfield, OR)  --  After working without a contact for over a year, the Oregon Nurses' Association says more than 90 frontline nurses at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Home Care Services in Lane County have voted to authorize a second strike.  Nurses led a limited-duration strike in February to protest PeaceHealths labor practices, to protect community health and safety and to secure equitable pay.  The union says PeaceHealth has continued demanding the home health and hospice nurses accept nearly percent lower pay than PeaceHealth pays hospital nurses in Eugene/Springfield and hospital and home care nurses in Florence.  This time, the walkout would be open-ended.  If a strike is called, the ONA will provide the community and PeaceHealth with a 10-day notice.  

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