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Unions representing thousands of county workers and nurses have reached agreement with Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle’s office this week, but SEIU Local 73 remained on the picket line for a fifth day Tuesday as the union battled with officials over skyrocketing health care costs.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, representing about 4,000 people, agreed to a 11.5 percent pay raise over four years, while the 1,250 nurses represented by National Nurses United received a “historic contract agreement” including raises ranging from 12.25% to 31.74% over the next four years, officials said. The Teamsters also reached an agreement, although terms were not immediately released.
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Originally published on June 28, 2021 12:00 pm
Claire Lang-Ree was in a lab coat taking a college chemistry class remotely in the kitchen of her Colorado Springs, Colo., home when a profound pain twisted into her lower abdomen. She called her mom, Jen Lang-Ree, a nurse practitioner who worried it was appendicitis and found a nearby hospital in the family s health insurance network.
After a long wait in the emergency room of Penrose Hospital, Claire received morphine and an anti-nausea medication delivered through an IV. She also underwent a CT scan of her abdomen and a series of tests.
Hospital staffers ruled out appendicitis and surmised Claire was suffering from a ruptured ovarian cyst, which can be a harmless part of the menstrual cycle but can also be problematic and painful. After a few days and a chemistry exam taken through gritted teeth the pain went away.