JANUARY 18, 2008--Attending physicians of Provident Hospital voted to
form a union with the National Doctors Council of the Service Employees
International Union and SEIU Healthcare Local 20, which represents
thousands of hospital workers in Chicago and Northwest Indiana.
Organized doctors will have a stronger voice in
providing and improving healthcare delivery in hospitals and clinics of
the Cook County Bureau of Health Services (CCBHS) and a stronger voice
in helping to avoid problems like the current budget crisis, the
physicians said.
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