The clinics will close in August and September.
Howard Brown Health plans to close two of its 10 Chicago clinics to address ongoing budget woes, the organization announced Monday.
“These closures mark a business decision that will ensure our ability to serve patients with quality care for the next 50 years,” Dr. Robin Gay, interim president and CEO of Howard Brown, said in a news release. The “vast majority” of staff members at the clinics will be reassigned to other Howard Brown sites “wherever positions are available,” Howard Brown said. There are 24 staff members at the two clinics, said a Howard Brown spokesperson.
“We just ratified a contract that requires bargaining over the impacts of such a change and are dismayed that Howard Brown’s communication did not mention their requirement or intention to negotiate,” Bock-Hughes said in the statement. Howard Brown and non-nurse workers represented by the Illinois Nurses Association recently reached their
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