Nearly 5,000 nurses at all eight Providence hospitals in Oregon last week rejected a tentative agreement reached between the health system and their labor union, the Oregon Nurses Association, extending a strike that began Jan. 10 and is now in its fifth week.

Nurses on strike at eight Providence hospitals in Oregon have rejected tentative agreements that would have ended the largest health care workers’ strike in state history.

Providence hospitals reached a tentative contract agreement with the health system’s leaders late Tuesday, nearing a possible end to a strike that was in its 26th day.

Providence Medford says striking nurses have rejected a contract offer by the hospital, continuing as part of one of the largest health care worker walkouts in the state’s history.

Nurses at seven Providence hospitals in Oregon overwhelmingly voted down proposed labor contracts Friday, opting to continue a strike now in its fifth week.

Doctors at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center have reached a historic tentative agreement with Providence Oregon.

Providence and nurses at its eight Oregon hospitals have reached a tentative agreement after 26 days of strike

The vote to approve the agreement happened while nurses at eight Providence locations voted down different proposed agreements.