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About 2,000 Cook County employees went on strike the morning of June 25, 2021, a day after the county hospital system’s nurses also staged a work stoppage.
Cook County workers and nurses strike
Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune
Dozens of health workers, SEIU members and supporters kick off their strike against Cook County as they rally outside Stroger Hospital in Chicago chanting, holding up signs and encouraging drivers to honk their horns in support on June 25, 2021. 
