Los Angeles County has officially published a proposal to integrate its three main health care agencies--the Department of Health Services (DHS), the Department of Mental Health (DMH) and the Department of Public Health (DPH). Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas has also...
The UAPD Board has approved a request by Alameda Healthcare Services (AHS) doctors to go on strike against their employer. During the strike authorization vote among UAPD members at AHS, 98% of them voted in favor of a strike. AHS doctors will be meeting soon to...
Los Angeles County Supervisors are considering a plan to merge the county's public health department and its mental health agency with the Department of Health Services, which now runs county hospitals and clinics. How will UAPD members fit into the plan? How could...
Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, doctors have been in high demand. During the last round of negotiations, UAPD argued strenuously that the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) was underpaying many of its doctors, making...
Alameda Health Systems' persistent failure to be prepared for bargaining sessions shows disrespect to the UAPD membership and the bargaining process. Bargaining has been cancelled four times due to lack of preparation on the part of AHS. In addition, AHS has failed...
Alameda Health Services has shown itself to be ill-prepared to bargain with UAPD doctors. Over the last few months, they have cancelled four sessions of bargaining with UAPD. AHS has also failed to provide vital information necessary for the Union to prepare and...