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California State of California Doctors

DSH Salary Equity

Last year UAPD called on Department of State Hospital (DSH) Physicians to add their names to a petition regarding salary inequities within our bargaining unit.  More than 50 doctors responded, and UAPD was able to hand to key members of the administration a document...

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CDCR Layoffs: Enough Positions for All Impacted Doctors

The reduction in the number of California prison inmates, which was mandated by the federal courts in 2011, has meant layoffs in most classifications within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).  Since 2011, UAPD has been doing everything...

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Pensionability of DSS Bonus Money

Back in 2010, UAPD attorneys helped a retired State doctor file a claim with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) seeking to recalculate his pension payment to reflect the bonuses he had earned while working for the Department of Social...

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DSS Bonus Plan and Pensions

Back in 2010, UAPD attorneys helped a retired State doctor file a claim with Cal-PERS seeking to recalculate his pension payment to reflect the bonuses he had earned while working for the Department of Social Services (DSS).  For years DSS employees had been making...

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Worker Outcry Leads to Change in Napa Alarm Policy

After a patient tried to choke a worker Wednesday with the lanyard holding a new alarm, the facility will now allow employees to wear them on a belt-loop clip. The attack on a psychiatric technician demonstrated with eerie precision the risk that employees had warned...

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Doctors Object to Faulty Alarm System

"You don't wear a tie if you're working with patients on a psychiatric unit. Now everyone is going to have the equivalent of a tie," said Dr. Richard Frishman, a psychiatrist and member of the union-based Safety Now Coalition who, like many staff members, has been...

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