UAPD doctors and county staff meet every two weeks in a workgroup with the goal of recruiting physicians into the LA County Department of Health Services. The group concluded that a better infrastructure to streamline the hiring process was needed. A first step was to...
The results of the ratification vote came in and the Ventura County bargaining team was pleased to announce the ratification of the new tentative agreement, the first for this newly organized group. The tentative agreement received a strong 91% approval rating from...
The UAPD Bargaining Team in Ventura County was excited to report that they reached a tentative agreement with the County very early on the morning of April 23, 2021. The team showed relentless commitment and dedication to the members they represented at the table....
In February 2020, the Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) granted a UAPD steward’s grievance and rescinded a retaliatory written Warning that had been issued a few months earlier. The steward, who had been challenging unsafe conditions and practices by the...
After months of pressure from UAPD, in January 2021 the LA County Chief Executive Officer (CEO) issued a memo authorizing a “Critical Shortage Recruitment Rate” for obstetric, pediatric and cardiothoracic anesthesiologists which moved them to the top step of the pay...
In September 2019, a committee of UAPD physicians and staff forced LA County Mid-Valley Comprehensive Health Center (MVCHC) management to agree to pay physicians for overtime hours worked and to refrain from imposing increased workload. It was in August of 2019 that...