SEIU Local 73

VIDEO: Cook County Employees Join One Day Strike to Demand Pandemic Pay

About 1,600 of Illinois’ Cook County employees joined a strike Tuesday amid a dispute regarding pandemic pay and their working conditions.

22 Dec 2020, 3:57 PM PDT

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - DECEMBER 22: Healthcare workers with Cook County Health picket outside of Stroger Hospital as they stage a one-day strike on December 22, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Among other issues, the workers were demanding an additional $5-per-hour for those who work with COVID-19 patients, adequate PPE supplies for …