Illinois press releases

RNs at UChicago Medicine vote overwhelmingly to ratify new four-year agreement

Registered nurses at UChicago Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, voted overwhelmingly to approve a new four-year agreement that addresses numerous patient safety concerns.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

March 15, 2024

University of Chicago nurses’ strike averted

RNs at UChicago Medicine in Chicago, Ill., will not move forward with a planned March 14 strike, as nurses have reached a tentative agreement with management on a new union contract.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

March 11, 2024

UChicago nurses to hold one-day strike for safe staffing

Nurses at UChicago Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, will hold a one-day strike on March 14 to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ demand to improve safe staffing at their facility.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

March 4, 2024

UChicago nurses vote overwhelmingly to authorize a strike

Registered nurses at UChicago Medicine voted 97 percent in favor of authorizing their nurse bargaining committee to call a strike if management does not address chronic staffing concerns.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

February 20, 2024

UChicago nurses schedule strike vote due to unresolved patient safety concerns

Registered nurses at UChicago Medicine will hold a strike vote on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, which would authorize the bargaining team to call a strike if management does not address staffing concerns which lead to patient safety issues.

National Nurses United

February 16, 2024

UChicago nurses say “a strike is not off the table” due to patient safety concerns

Registered nurses at the UChicago Medicine will hold an informational picket and rally on Monday, Jan. 15, to demand the university address their patient safety concerns and settle their contract in a timely manner.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

January 11, 2024

Registered nurses and graduate students demand University of Chicago provide the highest quality of care for patients and uphold the highest educational standards

Registered nurses and graduate student workers at the University of Chicago will hold an early morning press conference on Monday, Dec. 4, to demand that the university respect its workers and settle their contracts quickly without unnecessary delays and deliberate stalling.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

December 1, 2023

Jackson Park Hospital nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago, Ill., voted unanimously in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract on Friday, Oct. 13, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

October 14, 2023

Illinois health care workers to speak out against dangerous staffing practices at hearing

Speakers from hospitals and nursing homes will explain how industry caused the staffing crisis and how safe staffing legislation can solve it.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

September 29, 2023

UCMC nurses highlight dangerous staffing conditions as contract negotiations begin

With negotiations for their new contract set to begin Thursday, September 14, University of Chicago Medical Center nurses are urgently calling on management to reverse the endemic short-staffing at the hospital. The 2,800 registered nurses are highlighting the impact of unsustainable working conditions on nurse turnover and patient care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

September 12, 2023