In labor news, more than 2,000 healthcare workers in Cook County, Illinois, are on strike demanding affordable healthcare and better pay — including temporary bonuses for frontline workers in situations made hazardous by the pandemic. Friday’s strike by Service Employees International Union Local 73 came a day after 1,200 Chicago-area nurses held a one-day strike to demand safe staffing levels in Cook County hospitals and clinics.
Thousands of Cook County Workers Strike for Better Pay and Affordable Healthcare
HeadlineJun 28, 2021