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Article: Residents at Ill. hospital to hold union vote.(Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Modern Healthcare
- Article date:
- December 4, 2000
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A spat over health insurance costs, fitness club fees and preferential parking spaces--fueled by allegations of disrespect--has mushroomed into a precedent-setting union vote by medical residents at a Chicago-area hospital.
The vote later this week by about 170 residents at 555-bed Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Ill., could trigger a wave of similar union initiatives at private facilities across the nation, organizers believe. They are upset by what they describe as management's dictatorial style.
Meetul Shah, a third-year resident in family medicine and the president of Lutheran's house staff, said he is confident the union movement will ...