Hundreds Of Health Care Workers Strike After Layoffs At Howard Brown

Demonstrators made their voices heard, displaying signs declaring “we strike for patients” and “people over profits” as well as an inflatable rat outside Howard Brown clinics, photos on social media showed, after 60 union positions and four non-union jobs were eliminated. Howard Brown is the largest LGBTQ health center in the Midwest and serves over 40,000 people at 11 clinics across Chicago. A notification on Howard Brown's website Tuesday warned patients that the strike could result in delays for those with appointments scheduled through Thursday. “After looking at every option...