Patients, staff, and members of our community are put at risk when proper safety measures are not in place. It is time for the California Department of Mental Health to make SAFETY NOW a top priority at Napa State Hospital and all other DMH facilities. SAFETY NOW!...
Employees who are covered by a labor union contract have special protections against unfair discipline in the workplace. One of the most important protections is the set of Weingarten Rules which gives unionized workers the right to have a representative …
Last week an agreement was reached to increase the number of professional development days for State of California Bargaining Unit 16 doctors from 1 day to 2 days per year. Both sides also agreed to change the time frame for using the time from a calendar year to a...
On October 22nd and 23rd, more than 150 UAPD members came together in San Diego for the 2010 UAPD Statewide Annual Meetings. This year, the number of annual meetings expanded to five, with separate sessions being held for doctors from State Bargaining Unit 16,...
The UAPD Retirees’ chapter held a meeting in San Diego on October 23rd. The retirees discussed the exaggerated and untruthful attacks on the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) being made by Meg Whitman and other Republican candidates for office...
Longtime Napa State Hospital Psychiatric Technician Donna Gross lost her life at the hands of a mentally-ill patient last week. This tragedy highlights what UAPD and other unions have been telling state administrators for years -- medical workers, including doctors,...
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