Nearly 700 members of the Service Employees International Union will strike if Hillside, Ill.-based Infinity Healthcare Management doesn’t raise base pay and provide pandemic hazard pay.
Most of the 11 Infinity facilities are in the Chicago area. Certified nursing assistants are asking for a starting rate of $15.50 statewide, while other workers such as cleaning staff are seeking $14.50 an hour outside Chicago and $15 an hour in Chicago, union officials said.
Infinity did not answer multiple requests for comment from the Tribune.
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