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The University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UI Health) is the University of Illinois at Chicago’s academic and clinical health enterprise. UI Health and the Illinois Nurses Association (INA), the union representing nurses employed by the University of Illinois Hospital, are currently negotiating a successor contract for registered nurses.

Negotiations began on June 9, 2020.

All Negotiation Updates, Messages & Media Statements Heading link

Message to Staff: UIC reaches tentative agreements with INA, SEIU
Thursday, September 24, 2020
From Michael Amiridis, Chancellor; Robert Barish, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs; John Coronado, Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services; Michael Zenn, Chief Executive Officer, University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics
Media Statement: UI Health-INA Tentative Contract Agreement
Thursday, September 24, 2020
From Michael Zenn, CEO, University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics
Message to Staff: INA and SEIU Negotiations Update
Saturday, September 19, 2020
From Michael Amiridis, Chancellor; Robert Barish, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs; John Coronado, Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services; Michael Zenn, Chief Executive Officer, University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics
Update: Session 27
Friday, September 18, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for 14 hours; FMCS mediators Kevin Farrell and Richard Murphy were present. INA responded to UI Health’s counter by presenting a comprehensive counter proposal in the afternoon…
Message to Staff: Information About Staffing for Safe Patient Care
Thursday, September 17, 2020
From Dr. Terry Vanden Hoek, Chief Medical Officer; Dr. Susan Bleasdale, Acting Chief Quality Officer; and Dr. Mark Rosenblatt, Executive Dean, University of Illinois College of Medicine
Update: Session 26
Thursday, September 17, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for sixteen hours; FMCS mediators Kevin Farrell and Richard Murphy were present. UI Health began the day by presenting its sixth economic proposal, including annual across-the-board annual…
Message to Staff: SEIU and INA Negotiations Update
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
From Michael Amiridis, Chancellor; Robert Barish, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs; John Coronado, Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services; Michael Zenn, Chief Executive Officer, University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics
Update: Session 25
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining; FMCS mediator Richard Murphy and Kevin Farrell were present. UI Health leadership joined the hospital bargaining team, and prepared and presented…
Media Statement: SEIU and INA Negotiation Updates
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
From UIC Chancellor Michael Amiridis and UI Health CEO Michael Zenn
Update: Session 24
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining; FMCS mediator Richard Murphy was present and UI Health senior leadership joined the hospital bargaining team. UI Health made its fifth…
Media Statement: Illinois Nurses Association Strike
Saturday, September 12, 2020
From Michael Zenn, Chief Executive Officer
Update: Session 23
Saturday, September 12, 2020
UI Health and the INA met until the early morning of September 12, 2020; FMCS mediators Kevin Farrell and Richard Murphy were present. INA started the day with presenting a comprehensive economic counter…
Message to Staff: INA Negotiation Update - Let’s Keep Talking
Friday, September 11, 2020
From Shelly Major, Chief Nursing Officer
Media Statement: Temporary Restraining Order Entered for INA Strike
Friday, September 11, 2020
From Michael Zenn, Chief Executive Officer
Message to Staff: Temporary Restraining Order (Injunction) Entered for INA and SEIU Strike
Friday, September 11, 2020
From the Hospital Incident Command Team
Message to Staff: Update on Potential Strikes
Thursday, September 10, 2020
From David Loffing, Chief Operating Officer
Update: Session 22
Thursday, September 10, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a longer day of bargaining; FMCS mediators Kevin Farrell and Richard Murphy were present and facilitated the passing of proposals. UI Health presented a comprehensive economic…
Message to Staff: Staff Expectations During Strike
Thursday, September 10, 2020
From Nicholas Haubach, Chief Human Resources Officer
Media Statement: INA Contract Dispute Injunction Request
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
From Michael Zenn, Chief Executive Officer
Update: Session 21
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining; FMCS mediators Kevin Farrell and Richard Murphy were present and facilitated the passing of proposals. UI Health presented a package counterproposal…
Message to Staff: INA Negotiation Update
Friday, September 4, 2020
From Shelly Major, Chief Nursing Officer
Message to Staff: FAQ About Potential INA & SEIU Strike
Friday, September 4, 2020
From Michael Zenn, Chief Executive Officer
Update: Session 20
Thursday, September 3, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining; FMCS mediators Kevin Farrell and Richard Murphy were present. UIH began the day be presenting an economic counter proposal, during which…
Update: Session 19
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining; FMCS mediators Kevin Farrell and Richard Murphy were present. This was the first session after the INA served a ten-day notice…
Message to Staff: INA 10-Day Notice of Intent to Strike
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
From Michael Zenn, Chief Executive Officer
Media Statement: INA 10-Day Notice of Intent to Strike
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
From Michael Zenn, Chief Executive Officer
Message to Staff: Update on UIH-INA Negotiations
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
From Michael Zenn, Chief Executive Officer
Message to Staff: Updates & Addressing Questions
Friday, August 28, 2020
From Shelly Major, Chief Nursing Officer
Update: Session 18
Thursday, August 27, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining; FMCS mediator Kevin Farrell was present for the afternoon. The INA presented a counterproposal to UI Health’s package proposal encompassing Articles…
Update: Session 17
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining at which FMCS mediators Steve George and Kevin Farrell were present. UI Heath presented a detailed summary of proposals from each…
Joint letter to Governor, Mayor regarding PPE supplies
Monday, August 24, 2020
From UI Health's Michael Zenn, INA's Alice Johnson and SEIU's Dian Palmer
Message to Staff: UI Health's Economic Proposal
Thursday, August 20, 2020
From Shelly Major, Chief Nursing Officer
Update: Session 16
Thursday, August 20, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining, at which FMCS mediator, Kevin Farrell, was present. The session began with both parties in caucus, after which nurses and management…
Media Statement: INA Strike Authorization Vote at UI Health
Thursday, August 20, 2020
From Michael Zenn, Chief Executive Officer
Message to Staff: INA Strike Vote at UI Health
Thursday, August 20, 2020
From Michael Zenn, Chief Executive Officer
Update: Session 15
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining; FMCS mediator was not present. The session began with UI Health presenting two non-economic counter proposals, one related to the discipline…
Message to Staff: Staffing for Safe Patient Care
Friday, August 14, 2020
From Shelly Major, Chief Nursing Officer
Update: Session 14
Thursday, August 13, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining at which FMCS mediator, Steve George, was present. The session began with invited guests from and Perioperative Serves to discuss weekend…
Update: Session 13
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining. The session began with the introduction of FMCS mediators Steve George and Kevin Farrell, after which both parties caucused. When the…
Update: Session 12
Thursday, August 6, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining. The session began with invited guests from leadership to discuss staffing. After a caucus, the group spoke with Float RNs from…
Update: Session 11
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining. The session began with both groups in caucus. When the parties convened both UI Health and the INA discussed articles and…
Update: Session 10
Thursday, July 30, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining. The session began with both groups in caucus. When the parties convened both UI Health and the INA discussed respective counters…
Update: Session 9
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining. The session began with the INA following up on concerns brought forward in the previous session, after which UI Health and…
Update: Session 8
Thursday, July 23, 2020
UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining. The UI Health bargaining team presented three counterproposals for discussion with the INA. After a caucus, the INA was joined by…
Update: Session 7
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
UI Health and the INA met today for a full day of bargaining. The INA bargaining team presented modified proposals as well as counterproposals to some of UIH’s proposals; they also provided responses…
Update: Session 6
Thursday, July 16, 2020
UI Health and the INA met today for a full day of bargaining. The UIH bargaining team presented counterproposals for Articles VI and VIII and a response to INA’s proposed memorandum of understanding…
Update: Session 5
Thursday, July 9, 2020
UI Health and the INA met today for full day of bargaining. The INA bargaining team spent the morning continuing its questions and objections to UI Health’s comprehensive proposals. UI Health presented three…
Update: Session 4
Thursday, July 2, 2020
UI Health and the INA met today for bargaining before the holiday weekend. The INA bargaining team spent the session posing numerous questions and objections to the comprehensive proposals submitted by UI Health…
Update: Session 3
Thursday, June 25, 2020
UI Health and the INA met today for a full day of bargaining. UI Health presented its comprehensive non-economic package, which contained various proposed changes to the contract, including changes to staffing models…
Update: Session 2
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
UI Health and the INA met today for a full day of bargaining. The UI Heath bargaining team asked a number of clarifying questions related to the proposals submitted by the INA at…
Update: Session 1
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Negotiations begin on a successor contract via WebEx. Both the UI Health and the INA introduced their bargaining teams, discussed and agreed to various ground rules and logistics for the negotiations. The INA…