Illinois press releases

Community Members and Commissioner Brandon Johnson Call for a County Budget that Supports Black Lives

Community groups, Commissioner Brandon Johnson, and residents in Cook County will gather on Thursday, July 16 at 9:00 am outside the Richard J. Daley Center at 50 W. Washington for a press conference shortly before a special Cook County board meeting about the 2020 and 2021 budgets and the massive shortfall projected as a result of COVID-19. The groups and Commissioner Johnson will call on the county to divert money from the jail system and instead invest money in county supportive services in Black and Brown communities not administered by law enforcement.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 16, 2020

Chicago Rally, March, and Car Caravan to Demand Racial Equity in Health Care

Hundreds of RNs and health care workers will join with Chicago's racial justice leaders this Saturday to demand that Mayor Lori Lightfoot defund the Chicago Police Department and reinvest those dollars into public services that will address glaring inequities in health care access and health care outcomes in communities of color.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 26, 2020

UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital to hold informational picket over safety concerns related to COVID-19 exposure and infection rates

Registered nurses at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital will hold an informational picket to demand management address infection control deficiencies that put patients and nurses at risk for exposure and infection from COVID-19.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 24, 2020

Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Bring Attention to the Dangerous Conditions Faced by Nurses and Patients

To speak out about dangerous patient care conditions, which include inadequate provisions of personal protective equipment (PPE), partially due to a locked and inaccessible stockroom, and dangerously low staffing, registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center are holding an action and media availability at 7:45 p.m., April 28, announced National Organizing Committee/National Nurses United...

National Nurses Organizing Committee

April 27, 2020

Stroger Hospital Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Protest the Lack of Appropriate Gowns and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment and the high number of COVID-19 infections among the nurses, registered nurses at John H. Stroger Hospital will hold an action and media availability during their shift change, announced National Nurses United (NNU) today.

National Nurses United

April 26, 2020

University of Chicago Medicine Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Call Attention to High Number of RN COVID-19 Infections and Unsafe Assignments

To protest unsafe patient care conditions and the extraordinarily high number of RNs infected at work during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at University of Chicago Medicine are holding an action and media availability at shift change on April 25 at 8:00 a.m. to call attention to unsafe staffing and assignments...

National Nurses Organizing Committee

April 23, 2020

Provident Hospital of Cook County Nurses to Hold Action to Protest the Closure of Provident Hospital’s Emergency Room

To protest the abrupt and dangerous closure of South Side’s Provident Hospital of Cook County’s Emergency Room, registered nurses at Provident Hospital and their supporters are holding a socially d

National Nurses Organizing Committee

April 16, 2020

National Nurses Organizing Committee Wins Workers Compensation Presumptive Eligibility for Nurses and Other Essential Workers Who Contract COVID-19

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) initiated the idea of presumptive eligibility for COVID-19 workers in Illinois and began working with the Illinois A

National Nurses Organizing Committee

April 14, 2020

Provident Hospital Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Protest the Closure of Provident Hospital’s Emergency Room

Chicago, IL – To protest the abrupt and dangerous closure of Provident Hospital’s Emergency Room, registered nurses at Provident Hospital are holding an action and media

National Nurses United

April 6, 2020

Community First Medical Center nurses to hold action to demand protections when treating patients with COVID-19

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Community First Medical Center are holding an action

National Nurses Organizing Committee

March 30, 2020