by Suzanne Wilson | May 16, 2010 | California Counties, San Francisco (City and County)
Dear Colleagues: Last week marked the end of two months of negotiations between the UAPD and the City that no one wanted to have—and were completely and utterly necessary. In brief, we gave the City a concession (four unpaid holidays...
by Suzanne Wilson | May 6, 2010 | California State of California Doctors
The UAPD Bargaining Team met again with representatives from the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) on Tuesday, May 5th. The state countered our on-call proposal, offering language that would prevent a doctor from having to work seven consecutive on-call...
by Suzanne Wilson | Apr 15, 2010 | California Counties, San Francisco (City and County)
San Francisco is pushing all unions to make concessions, and most are bringing the City’s latest plan to members for ratification. As a cost saving measure, in early March Mayor Gavin Newsom proposed laying off thousands of City and County …
by Suzanne Wilson | Apr 9, 2010 | California State of California Doctors
Negotiations between the UAPD Bargaining Team and representatives from the State of California took place as scheduled on April 7, 2009. As of this date, several proposals have been agreed to, but because major issues remain unresolved, bargaining will continue....
by Suzanne Wilson | Apr 7, 2010 | California Counties, San Francisco (City and County)
Question: Why should doctors sacrifice more work hours which would de facto result in decreased billing and decreased productivity for the Department of Public Health? Answer: Sometimes the City seems to remember this and sometimes they don’t. For example,...