Nurses at Providence’s eight Oregon hospitals approved new contracts on Monday after over six weeks of strike, ending what the state nurses union has des

Nurses on strike at all eight Providence hospitals in Oregon approved new labor contracts in a vote tallied Monday, clearing the way for their return to work. The result means that most striking nurses will return to Providence’s hospitals Thursday.

Nurses who have been on strike for more than 40 days have voted to accept an agreement with Providence Health & Services, the Oregon Nurses Association said.

After 46 days on strike, nurses at Providence hospitals across Oregon have approved a deal that will see them return to work.

Nearly 5,000 Oregon nurses reached an agreement with Providence on Monday, ending a strike that lasted over a month.

The strike by nearly 5000 nurses at 8 Providence hospitals around the state of Oregon is over after the union members ratified the tentative deal reached last Friday.

Leaders from Providence and the union only began meeting face to face after Gov. Tina Kotek intervened and urged both parties to return to the bargaining table to end the strike. That set off more than a week of round-the-clock mediation sessions that went late into the nights. News of last Tuesday’s tentative deal didn’t emerge until after 10 p.m.

Providence Health & Services and the union representing nearly 5,000 of its nurses have reached a tentative agreement amid a weeks-long strike.

Nurses on strike at all eight Providence hospitals across Oregon reached a tentative deal Friday to end the strike that has lasted 43 days. It’s the second time the nurses union has struck a deal with the hospital chain.