University of Chicago Medical Center’s 1,300 unionized nurses have voted to authorize a strike if their bargaining demands aren’t met, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Contract negotiations have been underway since August between the union, National Nurses United and the hospital. Nurses want better staffing levels and to end rotating shifts.
Hospital officials have said nurse staffing levels are consistently ranked high compared to other hospitals, according to the report.
Read the Chicago Tribune report on University of Chicago Medical Center.
Read more about nursing strikes:
– University of Chicago Medical Center Nurses Plan Strike Vote for April
– 10 Recent Nursing Strikes, Lawsuits and Unionizations at U.S. Hospitals
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