The union says Howard Brown Health is using changes to a federal drug pricing program as an excuse for mass layoffs.
Howard Brown Health workers went on strike for three days in the first week of 2023 to protest mass layoffs.On January 5, workers at Howard Brown Health Center ended a three-day strike that was spurred by the sudden layoffs of more than five dozen employees at the organization’s clinics. The workers are vowing to continue to fight to reinstate their jobs and have lingering concerns about the organization’s finances and leadership.
Longoria has been a PrEP Community Engagement Specialist at Howard Brown since March 2019. She technically worked out of the Sheridan clinic, but her real office hours were spent out in the community, passing out condoms at 71st and Pulaski, doing outreach at La Cueva in Little Village, and talking to queer and trans immigrants newly arrived about how to get queer and trans affirming health care.
The union, representing 440 employees, filed charges against Howard Brown Health over 21 violations of the National Labor Relations Act. Eighty percent of the union submitted ballots and 92 percent voted yes to go on a three-day strike in response. The union that represents the workers being laid off, however, thinks otherwise. “It’s an opportunistic time,” said the Illinois Nurses Association staff attorney Matt Bartmes. “Essentially, they’ve known about the changes in the 340B pharmacy program, which they attribute as the cause of their budget issues. But they chose to use that as a justification to reduce forces, right as a newly formed union was starting to bargain their first contract.
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