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The announcement that the University of Chicago Medical Center is seeking a new CEO is giving skeptical community members hope that broken relationships can be repaired and trust restored.
More than a dozen area hospitals are in talks to work together to become more energy efficient. The Chicago Green Healthcare Initiative would reduce emissions and make health care more sustainable.
The 1,400 members of Teamsters Local 743 work as clerical, service and maintenance workers at the hospitals. The union is recommending that they vote against a contract proposal.