Union nurses at the University of Illinois Hospital said they came to a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract that will be voted on Monday.
The move follows a weeklong strike by 800 nurses that ended Saturday morning when they went back to work without an agreement.
The contract includes a promise to hire 160 more nurses to cut down on patient loads, promises of more protective gear, hazard pay for working during the coronavirus pandemic and other guarantees, the Illinois Nurses Association said in a statement.
A majority of the full membership of around 1,400 union nurses will have to approve the tentative agreement in a vote Monday. Several hundred nurses were barred from striking after a Cook County judge granted the hospital’s request to keep them on the job for the care of patients.
“We are gratified to achieve this hard-fought victory after months of negotiations,” Illinois Nurses Association President Doris Carroll said in a statement. “The nurses were unified and strong and it paid off in what we think is a fair contract.”
University of Illinois Hospital officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The two sides continued to talk after the nurses returned to work this past weekend, negotiating through Wednesday.
About 3,700 other hospital employees represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 73 remain on strike. They began their strike more than a week ago, calling for better pay and more coronavirus protection.
“We will turn our attention to helping our union brothers and sisters from SEIU Local 73, who are currently in the middle of their talks,” Carroll said.
Brett Chase’s reporting on the environment and public health is made possible by a grant from The Chicago Community Trust.
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