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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mitch Dudek

HISTORICAL FACTS: 200 loretto hospital workers begin strike | History Defined

Carla Haskins (center), a patient-care technician at Loretto Hospital for five years, leads a chant for striking workers represented by SEIU Healthcare Illinois on Monday outside the West Side hospital. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

About 200 Loretto Hospital workers went on strike Monday morning.

Workers walked off the job at 7 a.m., and after holding a news conference, formed a picket line to demand raises, more staffing and better working conditions in a new contract with hospital management.

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