Nurses union accuses U. of C. of violating labor law
Source: Chicago Tribune
National Nurses United alleges University of Chicago Medicine is bargaining in bad faith, and has had hospital security follow nurses who are part of the negotiating team and restrict them from parts of the hospital to keep them from talking with fellow nurses.
"We call that surveillance," said Jan Rodolfo, Midwest director of National Nurses United, which represents 1,500 nurses. "We feel like we are reaching a strike point."
The union and hospital have been in contract negotiations since August. The nurses have been working without a contract since it expired at the end of October. In January, the nurses authorized the bargaining team to issue a strike notice, if necessary.
The union, which filed its allegations with the National Labor Relations Board last week, also claimed the hospital is assigning supervisors, who are not union members, to take over duties of nurses who are in charge of units.
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