UAPD Worksite Leaders met with Director Marvin Southard this month to discuss on-going health and safety problems, including recent cases of doctors being threatened inside the clinic or assaulted outside of it. Possible solutions include installing panic buttons in...
On Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Bargaining Unit 324 union stewards, bargaining team members and worksite leaders met with representatives from the LA County Department of Health Services (DHS) Employee Relations. The Union and Employee Relations discussed the DHS...
This month, the UAPD staff sent political surveys to Los Angeles County psychiatrist and dentist members. Please remember to fill it out and send it back. Los Angeles County is at a crossroads. The economy will force public officials to make hard choices that...
For almost two years the Sheriff’s Department Medical Services Bureau has operated short-handedly, with approximately twenty funded positions sitting vacant at this time. The Sheriff’s Department so far has been unable to recruit new doctors to the Bureau, especially...
On December 1, Worksite Leaders met with representatives of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services to discuss health care reform, classification, contracting out and others issues affecting the bargaining unit. Health care reform has created changes on...
In recent months, UAPD has seen an increase in grievances and workplace issues throughout the LA Department of Mental Health (DMH). In the next month UAPD Worksite Leaders from DMH will be meeting with Director Marvin Southard to make a plan for resolving the issues...