(CHICAGO, ILLINOIS) - Registered Nurses (RNs) employed at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago have voted overwhelmingly - 96% - to join National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC), an Affiliate of National Nurses United (NNU), the Nation’s largest and fastest-growing Nurses Union.

“Today is a great day to be a Union Nurse in Chicago,” said Anna Bilanicz, an RN in the Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit. “We’re so excited to join NNOC because we know we’ll be able to win the kind of contract that will be a gamechanger for our patients and for us as Nurses.” 

Nurses at the Facility in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village just held a historic Strike to protest the illegal firings of six Co-Workers who were unlawfully terminated for Union Organizing.

Despite these retaliatory tactics by Prime Healthcare, the Hospital’s owner, Nurses demonstrated their clear unity and solidarity that carried them to this massive win. 

“Prime Healthcare thought they could scare us into silence,” RN Chris Williams said, “but now that we’re part of the country’s largest Nurses Union, our voice is louder than ever and we’re still turning the volume up. We’re ready for a contract that makes sure our patients get the care they deserve, not the shortcuts Prime has been taking.”

With their election victory, Nurses will continue to demand the reinstatement of their Co-Workers and, moving forward, good faith bargaining on a first Union contract.

NNOC/NNU now represents nearly 500 Nurses in the Bargaining Unit at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital.

Nurses from Saint Mary of Nazareth join many over 3,000 Health Care Workers in the Prime system who are already represented by NNOC/NNU at Hospitals nationwide, more than 1,800 of whom are already in active contract negotiations.

The NNU represents more than 225,000 Members nationwide. 

NNU affiliates include the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, the DC Nurses Association, the Michigan Nurses Association, the Minnesota Nurses Association, and the New York State Nurses Association.

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