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Group of three nurses inside hospital, one hold sign "Saf Staffing Saves Lives"

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

Nurses picketing outside hospital holding signs calling for safe staffing

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

Five nurses inside hospital hold signs "Staff Up for Safe Patient Care"

Nurses to hold informational picket at Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago

Registered nurses at Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) in North Chicago, Ill., will hold an informational picket on Thursday, Sept. 7, to make the public aware of management’s refusal to implement flexible work schedules at the facility.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU)
September 5, 2023

Four nurses inside hospital hold signs "Staff Up for Safe Patient Care"

Chicago nurses and faith leaders to deliver letters of support for ongoing contract negotiations to ensure patient safety

Registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, Ill., will deliver letters of community support to management. They’ll be joined by faith leaders from Arise Chicago to deliver the letters, including a letter from Ward 17 Alderman David Moore.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 29, 2023

Four nurses inside hospital hold signs "Staff Up for Safe Patient Care"

Chicago nurses to hold town hall to demand passage of Illinois safe staffing law

Registered nurses will join elected officials and labor and community leaders for a town hall on Thursday, Aug. 24. Speakers will address the origins of and practical solutions to the short-staffing and workplace violence crises that put patient care at risk and push nurses to strike at Chicago medical facilities.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 22, 2023

3 nurses outside hold signs "Patients First in the Hospital"

Huge win for Chicago nurses

Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center in Chicago were proud to ratify their first union contract at the end of October 2021, less than a week after they announced they had reached a tentative agreement.

Read the article in National Nurse Magazine »

Our legacy: Building union power at UChicago Medicine Ingalls

In February 2021, registered nurses at UChicago Medicine Ingalls in Harvey, Ill., a south suburb of Chicago, voted overwhelmingly to ratify their historic first contract.

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