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Union Workers At Our Lady Of Angels Retirement Home Protest Planned Closure

The union has been trying to negotiate a contract since October, but management indicated the retirement home will close next year.

Union workers gathered Monday in protest.
Union workers gathered Monday in protest. (CBS)

By CBS Chicago Staff:

CHICAGO (CBS) — Union workers gathered Monday morning in Joliet, in an effort to save Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home from closing.

The nursing home has 80 beds and more than 70 staff members, and has been in Joliet for 60 years.

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