On Monday night, nurses with the University of Illinois Hospital agreed on a three-year contract in which their wages would increase 2.25 to 3.6 percent each year. The contract has not been ratified through a vote, but the union has put their support behind it. The hospital claims that the nurses were initially demanding a raise of 19.7 percent over a three-year period.
See "U of I Nurses Reach Tentative Labor Accord", Alejandra Cancino, Chicago Tribune, October 21, 2014