Funding Cuts Outrage
Health and home care workers protest cuts to Medicaid: ‘It’s not a luxury; it’s a necessity’ Rebekah Mahon, an Illinois Division of Rehabilitation Services personal assistant and single mother, relies on Medicaid and SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to support herself and her 2-year-old child. Recently, though, she says she lost her SNAP benefits […]
Loretto Hospital Workers Strike for Fair Pay, Safe Conditions
Roughly 200 frontline workers at Loretto Hospital, 645 S. Central Ave., went on strike this week, citing poor pay, staffing issues, and worker safety concerns. Workers include patient care technicians, mental health staff, and frontline service staff. In the first days of the strike, local and state politicians, as well as faith leaders and organizers […]
Healthcare Workers Sound Alarm on Staffing Shortage
Concerned healthcare workers in Illinois and Indiana are calling on The Joint Commission to add a safe staffing standard to its accreditation process. Yolanda Stewart, a patient care technician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, once injured her back so badly on the job that she couldn’t work for six months. But when she talks about that […]