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Chicago Metropolitan Association
Council of UCC accepts task force recommendations on union
organizing and elections at Advocate
APRIL 2005—On March 21,
2005, the Association Council of the United Church of Christ
(UCC) Chicago Metropolitan Association (CMA) accepted seven
recommendations put forth by the CMA Advocate Health Care
Resolution Task Force. The accepted recommendations relate
to the CMA’s involvement in upholding the CMA and UCC
General Synod resolutions on the right and responsibility of
workers to organize at Advocate Health Care.
The General Synod Resolution XXI, passed in 1997, states
that the UCC affirms “the responsibility of workers to
organize for collective bargaining with employers regarding
wages, benefits and working conditions, and the
responsibility of employers to create and maintain a climate
conducive to the workers’ autonomous decision to organize.”
The UCC and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
are faith sponsors of Advocate Health Care.
The Task Force was named last year to consider a resolution
passed last May. The Resolution, put forth by Rev. Matt
Fitzgerald and members of Epiphany UCC, asks Advocate to end
the discriminatory pricing of health care, issue a
moratorium on lawsuits against low-income patients, provide
adequate levels of charity care and community benefits, and
respect their workers' freedom to form a union.
The recommendations are available on the
CMA website
or by
clicking here.
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