Nurses at the hospital had gone on strike three times since last August, asking for higher wages and better staffing.
CHICAGO -- Approximately 500 nurses who work at Ascension Saint Joseph Hospital in Joliet have reached a tentative contract agreement, after going on strike three times since last August.The two sides have been at the bargaining table for over a year. The Illinois Nurses Association on Monday said the two sides began hammering out final details of a contract on Tuesday, passing proposals back and forth through a mediator over the next few days.
On Saturday, Ascension provided a counter-offer that the nurses' bargaining team deemed sufficient to bring to a vote.Full terms of the deal were not released, but the union said the tentative deal would provide additional paid time off for the hospital's most senior nurses, and a lump sum payment for all nurses. Nurses also would only be assigned to work outside of their specialty on a voluntary basis.
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