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June 28, 2021

Thousands of Cook County Workers Strike for Better Pay and Affordable Healthcare
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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.


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