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San Francisco (City and County)

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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Bargaining Update for CCSF

The UAPD Bargaining Team began meeting with City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) management on March 14, 2012.  CCSF is proposing that doctors make significant concessions again this year,  including an extension of furloughs, an increase to health insurance...

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