As you are making your plans for the fall, consider joining UAPD members at our annual meeting on Saturday, October 15, 2016. All events will take place at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront. You can see more details and register for all events online...
AFSCME President Lee Saunders traveled around the Bay Area talking to union members about their jobs. President Saunders met with University of California Student Health Doctors, UAPD President Stuart A. Bussey, M.D., and UAPD staff at the International House on the...
Courtesy of AFSCME Works When the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association earlier this year, hundreds of workers assembled outside the court to demand an end to the attacks against working families. That’s because...
After a long period of negotation, UAPD has finally reached an agreement with Alameda County. Click here to see a summary of the agreement. The UAPD Team is asking members to vote YES to ratify this agreement on or before the deadline of February 12, 2016.  Ballots...
Last week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Friedrichs case, one of the biggest cases in its history. Those who brought Friedrichs seek to do away with fair share fees in public sector unions, allowing non-members to benefit from contract improvements and...
As was first announced during October's Triennial Convention, UAPD Executive Director Al Groh is retiring at the end of this year. Al Groh began his career in the labor movement as the Vice President of the Pacific Coast International Organization of Masters Mates and...
UAPD has met several times since the beginning of October with CDCR and CCHCS on the implementation of the Electronic Health Record System (EHRS) in that Department. So far the project has been piloted at the following facilities: Folsom State Prison, Folsom Women's...
UAPD Bargaining Unit 324 negotiations are slowly moving forward. Healthcare Reform may be the biggest social and economic development in decades, but the County has had little to say about a comprehensive strategy for recruitment and retention of Bu 324 doctors. How...
Los Angeles BU 325 Psychiatrists and Dentists have overwhelmingly approved their new agreement, the terms of which are summarized below. The language will not go into effect until approved by the Board of Supervisors. The contract makes significant economic...