University of Chicago Medical Center nurses return to work after strike
Posted September 24, 2019 11:00 pm
University of Chicago Medical Center nurses were back at work Wednesday after a strike.
More than 2,000 nurses who went on strike last week returned to the hospital at 7 a.m., according to Ashley Here, a spokesman for UChicago Medicine.
Both sides agreed to return to the bargaining table Sept. 30, the university said.
Nurses with the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United went on strike Sept. 20. The union called for a one-day strike, but the hospital locked them out for five days, and ambulances were put on bypass.
According to the university, the nurses' union is threatening a second strike if an agreement can't be reached when negotiations resume.
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