Physicians in San Mateo County represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) unanimously voted in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract with the County of San Mateo. The new agreement secures significant gains in wages, benefits, and...
The updated Memorandum of Understanding for the County of San Mateo is now online and available in PDF format. SMEP members with mailing addresses on file shall also receive a physical copy of the MOU as a booklet from UAPD in the upcoming weeks. If you are unsure...
UAPD filed a grievance against the County for illegally denying time off to doctors in the dental department. All of the dentists are women. Their Dental Director has unilaterally implemented a policy of “only one dentist off at one time” regardless of the...
As previously reported, UAPD successfully negotiated a salary reopener one year into the current contract. The results of that survey found that San Mateo County Psychiatrists had fallen below the market average for the Bay Area. As a result, your salaries have been...
The UAPD Bargaining Committee (Drs. Anand Chabra, Richard Ehling, John Herbert, Manuel Pena, and Zachary Plaut) urged members to vote YES and ratify this agreement, which they did. Having been negotiated over two months, this four year agreement contains significant...
On Tuesday, April 12, 2013, the UAPD Members in San Mateo ratified the negotiated agreement between the Union and the County. On May 7, 2013, the agreement shall go before the Board of Supervisors for approval and shall be implemented on May 12, 2013. The UAPD...
San Mateo County has informed UAPD that due to a $31 million dollar budget gap for the next fiscal year, they are not planning to renew their lease at Burlingame Long Term Care Center when it expires in June 2013. However, they do plan to open 32 additional nursing...
In recent years the best strategy for many county bargaining units has been to rollover the current contract rather than negotiate a new one, assuming the employer agrees to do so. While extending a contract generally means no new salary increases, it also means no...
UAPD successfully negotiated a 50% increase in admin time for all San Mateo County-employed physicians. This time will be exclusively used for doing patient care duties that are not normally scheduled but nonetheless need to be completed by each physician. Their...