Chicago nurses return to work following one-day strike
Source: National Hurses United
June 12, 2026
Nurses at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago returned to work today following their one-day strike against Prime Healthcare’s illegal firings of six nurses.
After hundreds took to the strike line on June 11, nurses are back at the bedside ahead of next week’s election to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU), the country’s largest nurses union.
“We’re glad to be back at work taking care of our patients,” said Brenda Hernandez, RN in the ICU. “Yesterday’s strike was incredibly powerful. We still need Prime to reinstate our co-workers. In the meantime, we’re going to keep building momentum to our election next Wednesday.”
In recent weeks, six nurses at Saint Mary’s were already unlawfully terminated. Nurses held their one-day strike this week to protest the illegal firings of their co-workers, who were punished for participating in protected union activity.
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