(Portland, OR) -- The Oregon Nurses Association is slamming Providence Health & Services for cutting nurses' healthcare benefits as they continue to strike for better working conditions. The ONA has released a statement calling the move "shameful and inexcusable." Providence announced yesterday that the striking nurses' benefits would be terminated starting February 28th if they don't return to work. The move comes after Providence delayed contract negotiations and shut down communications with the union for nearly a week.