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 described as the largest health care strike in state history.

The agreements call for wage increases ranging from 20% to 42% over the life of the contract, with an immediate 16% to 22% raise upon ratification. It also aligns expiration dates at all the hospitals an augments the factors that go into staffing levels to take patient acuity into account.

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.

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.

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

The strike, which is one of the largest health care worker labor actions in state history, included thousands of nurses at all eight Providence hospitals in the state.

The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) reached a tentative agreement with Providence Health following a strike, promising better wages and benefits.

Providence and the union representing its striking nurses will resume in-person talks for the first time since the two sides reached an ill-fated agreement nearly two weeks ago, the Oregon Nurses Association said Monday.

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