For the second time since Providence nurses launched their strike more than a month ago, the union and healthcare system have reached a tentative deal. On Friday afternoon, the company announced that both parties’ bargaining teams tentatively agreed on a contract after three days of “intensive bargaining facilitated by federal mediators.

The union representing nearly 5,000 Providence nurses who have been on strike for six weeks has reached a tentative contract deal, for a second time.

Providence Health has reached tentative agreements with nurses at all eight of its Oregon hospitals after three days of intensive bargaining, facilitated by federal mediators.