On Friday, over a thousand nursing home workers protested at 11 facilities throughout Chicagoland for good jobs, safe staffing, and improved patient care. Check out the news coverage below. Additional background is here.


CHICAGO 
WMAQ-CHI (NBC) — NBC 5 News @10PM: Big Political Names Join Picket Line
April 8, 2017
 
WLS-CHI (ABC) — ABC 7 Eyewitness News @ 6P: Nursing Home Workers Picket
April 7, 2017
 
Dems Kennedy, Pritzker Court Union Members During Wage Demonstration
CBS Chicago
Derrick Blakley
April 7, 2017
 
Chicago Sun Times – Sen. Daniel Biss: Much-needed direct caregivers deserve fair pay
April 11, 2017
 
WGN – Chicago, IL
WGN Midday News
April 7, 2017
 
Chicago Sun Times – Brown: Dems rich in governor candidates — but are they too rich?
April 9, 2017
ROCKFORD
Stateline Nursing Home Workers Protest
My Stateline
Gregory Cormier
April 7, 2017
 
Nursing home workers protest in front of Rockford rehabilitation and health care center
WIFR (CBS)
April 7, 2017
 
WREX (NBC) — 13 News at 10
April 6, 2017