Nurses at University of Chicago Medical Center Vote to Oust Illinois Nurses Association

May 21st, 2010

In what can only be described as a stunning turn of events, registered nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) have voted overwhelmingly to oust the Illinois Nurses Association in favor of representation by National Nurses United (a group headed by the California Nurses Association). 

In the three choice election which culminated on May 20th, nurses voted as follows:  627 voted in favor of NNU; 335 voted in favor of INA; and, 22 voted in favor of no union.  There were 6 challenged ballots.  Only 79% of the 1,261 nurses eligible to vote actually cast ballots in the election.

As the results above indicate, the NNU gained almost twice as much support as the INA, which has represented UCMC nurses for over three decades.