Nurses at Harvey's Ingalls Hospital ratify first contract, providing wage increases

Registered nurses at University of Chicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital have approved their first-ever contract that provides wage hikes and paid family leave, according to National Nurses Organizing Committee/ National Nurses United, which represents nurses at the Harvey hospital. The union said Monday the average across-the-board salary increase is 12.6% over the four-year agreement, with some nurses seeing increases of as much as 48.5%.