Illinois Nurses Association

UIC hospital workers strike on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. (WTTW News)

Thousands of UIC Hospital Workers Walk Off the Job

Sep 14, 2020 | Paris Schutz

They’ve been on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19. Now they’re on the picket lines. Why University of Illinois and UIC health care workers, including about 800 nurses, are on strike.

Nurses strike outside the University of Illinois Hospital on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, the first day of a planned seven-day strike. (Alma Campos / WTTW News)

UIC Nurses Launch 7-Day Strike, SEIU Workers to Join Forces Monday

Sep 12, 2020 | Alma Campos

Hundreds of nurses at the University of Illinois Hospital took to the picket line Saturday for a weeklong strike amid contract negotiations between their union, the Illinois Nurses Association, and the hospital system.