UAPD's bargaining team and UC management representatives have continued to meet for negotiations toward a first contract that will cover physicians, dentists, and podiatrists at the student health and counseling centers statewide. Unfortunately, after nine negotiation...
The anti-MICRA ballot measure has officially qualified for the November 2014 ballot. Drafted by trial lawyers, the ballot measure is seeking to change current law to file more medical lawsuits against health care providers. If they get their way, medical lawsuits,...
The current collective bargaining agreement between UAPD and the City runs from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2015. In spite of the contract being closed, two important changes have just been negotiated. The UAPD contract has a "re-opener" clause concerning...
On April 26th, more than 100 UAPD members were in attendance to watch well-known plaintiff's attorney Bruce Fagel, M.D., J.D. square off against the California Medical Association President Richard Thorp, M.D. and others during the UAPD-sponsored CME/CE entitled...
UAPD members elected six delegates (Stuart A. Bussey, M.D., J.D., Ernest W. Fessler, D.D.S., Ronald Lewis, M.D., L. Lee Nelson, M.D., Alice Faye Singleton, M.D., and Robert W. Starr, D.D.S.) to attend the AFSCME PEOPLE Convention in Sacramento in mid-March. The...
UAPD Members in Los Angeles County Bargaining Unit 325 (Dentists and Psychiatrists) overwhelmingly ratified a agreement reached by the negotiating team on February 20, 2014. The 18 month agreement includes three across-the-board pay increases of 2% each. In...
Most of the Bargaining Unit 16 doctors who are eligible to receive an automatic payout of $1000 in CME funds have received their checks from the State.  However, doctors in some facilities are still waiting for payment. UAPD has contacted CalHR to urge them to work...
Through our affiliation with AFSCME and the AFL-CIO, UAPD can offer its members discounts on hundreds of products and services through the Union Plus program. Union Plus offers union members special deals on mortgages, cell phone service, car rentals, computer...
Any UAPD member who has received a formal written notice of suspension, termination, or limitation of medical staff privileges can apply to receive up to $1000 per case and per year to pay for legal consultation. The fund will be used to pay for attorneys who have...