Negotiations Updates

Updates posted to this page briefly summarize each negotiating session and share other relevant updates.

Update: Session 45

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person without the mediator. The joint session began with UIC’s and the INA’s lead negotiators discussing…

Update: Session 44

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person without the mediator. The joint session began with UIC’s and INA’s lead negotiators discussing options…

Update: Session 43

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person without the mediator. The joint session began with UIC’s and the INA’s lead negotiators discussing…

Update: Session 42

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person without the mediator. The joint session began with UIC’s lead negotiator presenting their counters to…

Update: Session 41

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person without the mediator. The joint session began with the INA presenting their counters related to…

Update: Session 40

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person without the mediator. The joint session began with UIC’s lead negotiator presenting their counters related…

Update: Session 39

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person with the mediator. The joint session began with both parties discussing scheduling additional sessions in…

Update: Session 38

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person without the mediator. The joint session began with UIC’s lead negotiator presenting their counters related…

Update: Session 37

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person with the mediator present. The joint session began with UIC’s lead negotiator presenting their counters…

Update: Session 36

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person without the mediator. The joint session began with the INA presenting their counters related to…

Update: Session 35

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties mutually agreed to take the full day in caucus to work on counter proposals.

Update: Session 34

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person with the mediator present. The joint session began with a presentation from Nicholas Haubach, chief…

Update: Session 33

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person with the mediator present. The joint session began with a discussion related to the acuity…

Update: Session 32

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met virtually with the mediator present. The joint session began with the INA presenting their counters to incentive…

Update: Session 31

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person with the mediator present. The joint session began with a discussion about acuity plus. UIC…

Update: Session 30

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met virtually with the mediator present. The joint session began with the INA presenting their counters to staff…

Update: Session 29

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person with the mediator present. The joint session began with the INA presenting their counters to…

Update: Session 28

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met virtually with the mediator present. The joint session began with UIC’s presentation related to float tracks and…

Update: Session 27

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person with the mediator present. The joint session began with guest nurses speaking about being on…

Update: Session 26

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met virtually with the mediator present. The joint session began with UIC presenting their counters related to union…

Update: Session 25

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person with the mediator present. The joint session began with the INA presenting their counter related…

Update: Session 24

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met virtually with the mediator present. The joint session began with the INA presenting their counter related to…

Update: Session 23

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met virtually with the mediator present. The joint session began with the INA presenting their counter related to…

Update: Session 22

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person with the mediator present. When the joint session began, the INA presented their counters related…

Update: Session 21

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met virtually with the mediator present. The session began in caucus, when the joint session began, the Health…

Update: Session 20

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person with the mediator present. The session began in caucus, when the joint session began, both…

Update: Session 19

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person with the mediator present during the INA RN seven-day strike. The joint session began with…

Update: Session 18

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person with the mediator present. The joint session began with INA presenting their counters related to…

Update: Session 17

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties attempted to meet in person again, but due to extenuating circumstances the parties met virtually with the mediator…

Update: Session 16

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties attempted to meet in person, but due to extenuating circumstances the parties met virtually with the mediator present.…

Update: Session 15

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person on August 8, 2024. In the joint session with the mediator, UIC presented four counters to…

Update: Session 14

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person on August 7, 2024. The INA bargaining team presented two counters related to governance of sick…

Update: Session 13

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met virtually on August 6, 2024. Back in the joint session with the mediator, UIC presented their counter to…

Update: Session 12

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person on August 5, 2024. INA started the session by informing the UIC bargaining team that they…

Update: Session 11

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met virtually with the mediator on July 30, 2024. UIC responded with a counter for INA’s proposal related…

Update: Session 10

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person on July 29, 2024. Upon return from caucus the INA presented proposals related to Acuity…

Update: Session 9

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person on July 18, 2024.  The parties started in caucus and upon return to the bargaining…

Update: Session 8

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person on July 17, 2024.  The parties started in caucus and upon return to the bargaining…

Update: Session 7

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person on July 16, 2024.  The meeting began with the INA and UI Health having a…

Update: Session 6

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met virtually on July 15, 2024.  UIC responded with a counter for INA’s proposal on schedules. The INA…

Update: Session 5

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person on July 10, 2024.  The meeting began with the INA introducing two new proposals for…

Update: Session 4

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met on July 2, 2024, for a full-day remote session.   The meeting began with UIC responding to INA’s…

Update: Session 3

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person on July 1, 2024, for a full-day in-person session.  The meeting began with the INA…

Update: Session 2

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met virtually on June 25, 2024, for a full-day session. The meeting began with both parties in caucus; the…

Update: Session 1

Negotiations begin on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person on June 18, 2024, for a full-day session.  The meeting commenced with an introduction of the bargaining teams…