San Francisco (City and County)

New Agreement for San Francisco County Doctors

The UAPD contract ratification vote for the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) concluded on Friday, May 29th.  95% of union members casting ballots voted to ratify the new three-year Agreement between UAPD and the City and County of San Francisco. A summary of...

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Next CCSF Raise

Classes 2230, 2232, and 2233 will receive salary increases ranging from 10.8% at the highest Steps to 12.1% for Steps 3 through 5, effective January 3, 2015. These raises are the final installment of increases that your bargaining team successfully fought for in...

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Salary Increases Negotiated for San Francisco Doctors

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...

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San Francisco Doctors Vote on Health Plan Changes

After the close of 2012 bargaining, it was discovered that the healthcare premium structure which nearly all City unions and the City agreed to would actually drive up the costs of healthcare because it failed to maintain competition between Kaiser and Blue Shield. ...

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In San Francisco, Alternative Health Premium Structure Sought

In the 2012 round of contract negotiations, nearly all City employee unions and the City agreed to move from 100% funding of Employee Only health coverage to having “medically single” employees pay 10% of their premium cost, beginning January 1, 2014. Over the last...

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Four Actions San Francisco Doctors Can Take

While City and County of San Francisco employees have made many sacrifices to get through the recession, Kaiser has banked over $2 billion in profits every year since 2009. And they still want more from San Francisco workers.  UAPD and other unions are working with...

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UAPD Stands Up to Kaiser Rate Increases

The regular meeting of the San Francisco Health Service System (HSS) Board turned contentious as City employees and residents demanded that Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (Kaiser) offer HSS a rate reduction for the 2014 coverage year.  HSS staff offered a...

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Grievance Settled in San Francisco County

The Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) filed a grievance with the City and County of San Francisco alleging that three Laguna Honda physicians  were not properly compensated for being on standby during that County’s “black out” period.  After several...

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San Francisco Doctors Win Salary Increases

In San Francisco, the UAPD Bargaining Team  emerged from two days of binding arbitration with a terrific new contract for City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) doctors.  The Agreement was ratified by UAPD members then approved by the San Francisco Board of...

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