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UChicago nurses gather with signs in support of safe staffing.

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 on info picket

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 hold up signs in support of safe staffing.

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

Wearing button "Safe staffing saves lives"

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

NNU logo over image of nurses taking action.

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