by Suzanne Wilson | Aug 27, 2015 | Featured
Deparment of Health Services managers in Los Angeles County issued a memo saying that the 2015 pharmacist competence assessment has been temporarily suspended while DHS works to improve the process for next year. This is great news, and a fitting …
by Suzanne Wilson | Aug 12, 2015 | Featured, Los Angeles County Physicians, Los Angeles County Psychiatrists and Dentists
On August 11th the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of integrating the existing health care departments into a single agency. More than 25 UAPD members, doctors and pharmacists, testified in favor of integration before the vote...
by Suzanne Wilson | Aug 5, 2015 | California Counties, Featured, San Mateo County
The UAPD Bargaining Committee (Drs. Anand Chabra, Richard Ehling, John Herbert, Manuel Pena, and Zachary Plaut) urged members to vote YES and ratify this agreement, which they did. Having been negotiated over two months, this four year agreement contains significant...
by Suzanne Wilson | Aug 5, 2015 | Alameda County, California Counties, Featured
UAPD and AHS reached an agreement on a successor MOU. The new MOU is a three-year agreement from June 27, 2014 through June 30, 2017. For the Dentists, there will be a 5% across the board increase dating back …
by Suzanne Wilson | Jul 20, 2015 | Featured, University of California (UC)
After 16 months of negotiations that included 53 bargaining sessions and two strikes, doctors at the UC Student Health Centers settled their first contract with the University of California in June. Doctors ratified the agreement on July 20th. While it...