Unionized health care workers say staffing shortages comprom

SPRINGFIELD — Health care workers and advocates held a rally inside the Illinois State Capitol on Thursday to promote legislation aimed at enhancing the safety of hospital employees amid staffing shortages at some medical facilities. “This is something that impacts the workers but then think about your loved ones when they are the patients, that they’re not getting the care that they need ...

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