After over six months of stagnant negotiations, SEIU Local 73—which represents 125 building trades and supply chain workers at UChicago Medicine—voted to walk out unless an agreement is reached with UCM.
David O’Donnell died at the site, and Jeffrey Spyrka received medical attention at the intensive care unit at UCMed. The two ironworkers fell approximately nine stories after scaffolding separated at the structure’s corner during high winds.
After having previously reached 26 tentative agreements on individual issues with UChicago Medical Center, National Nurses United members voted to approve a new contract on March 12 and 13.
In an exclusive interview with The Maroon, Mark Anderson, who joined UChicago last October as dean of the Pritzker School of Medicine, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, and dean of the Biological Sciences Division, emphasized unity, equity, and innovation in research and healthcare.
Children’s hospitals around Chicago are dealing with an unpredicted level of respiratory virus infections, including from the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Doctors at Comer Children’s, a pediatric hospital affiliated with the University of Chicago, note a connection between the RSV spike and the shift away from COVID-19 measures.
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