A vote of support from 65% of registered nurses working at Endeavor Health Edward Hospital in Naperville means RNs there are now part of a union.
The nurses cast their unionization ballots on Nov. 5, indicating the majority of the 1,200 workers employed in this capacity wanted to join National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United.
“We are so proud to win our union election and join National Nurses Organizing Committee,” Kendra Creech, an RN in the perioperative unit, said in a media release. “We know that a union for RNs will help us be even stronger advocates for our patients.”
Transition in hospital-nurse relationship
The decision by RNs at Edward to join National Nurses Organizing Committee means the union now represents more than 10,000 nurses across the Chicago area, the organization said in a news release. This includes RNs at Rush University Medical Center — part of the Rush University Health System, with which Endeavor Health has announced plans to merge…