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Nurses Return To Work At University Of Chicago Medical Center After Strike

The nurses staged a one-day strike that started last Friday, but the hospital locked them out until 7 a.m. Wednesday.

(CBS Chicago)

CHICAGO (CBS) — More than 2,200 nurses who went on strike last week at the University of Chicago Medical Center are headed back to work Wednesday morning.

The nurses staged a one-day strike that started last Friday, but the hospital locked them out until 7 a.m. Wednesday, saying it needed to guarantee a minimum of five days’ work to the temporary nurses it hired to fill in during the strike.

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