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Legal Consultation Fund for UAPD Members

Any UAPD member who has received a formal written notice of suspension, termination, or limitation of medical staff privileges can apply to receive up to $1000 per case and per year to pay for legal consultation. The fund will be used to pay for attorneys who have...

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Los Angeles Physicians Ratfiy New Contract

UAPD members in Los Angeles County Bargaining Unit 324 (Physicians) have voted overwhelmingly in favor of approving the Tentative Agreement reached in January, with 96% of the votes in favor of ratification.  In total, salary and benefits will increase by as much as...

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UAPD Demands That Santa Clara County Cease and Desist

On February 12th, UAPD represented physicians were ordered to provide night, weekend, and holiday coverage at EPS, BAP, and Custody Services without prior notice to the Union.  UAPD immediately sent the following communication from our attorney to County counsel...

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New CME Rules Go Into Effect for State BU 16

During the last negotiations, UAPD bargained new language regarding Continuing Medical Education (CME) payments for physicians, podiatrists, and dentists (Article 10.13).  The new language says that the State will automatically pay $1000 for CME to each full-time...

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Volunteers Needed for Healthy Fresno

Health Fresno is a two-day, free clinic designed to provide medical, dental, and other services to uninsured and low income members of the Fresno community.  Last year volunteers set up 40 dental chairs and 20 medical rooms at the event, and this year they are hoping...

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BU 324 Reaches Tentative Agreement with Significant Increases

The UAPD Bargaining Team is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, January 22nd, a Tentative Agreement (TA) was reached with Los Angeles County regarding the Physicians Employee Unit (BU 324).  The terms of the TA will go into effect pending ratification by UAPD...

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CSU Reopener Results in Salary Increase

The UAPD Bargaining Team recently met with CSU administrators and signed an agreement adding a 1.34% salary increase to the UAPD contract.  The increase is retroactive, and doctors will be paid as if the raise went into effect on July 1, 2013.  CSU anticipates that...

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State Barganing Unit 16 Contract Now Online

The new contract for state-employed doctors has been finalized.  You can download the new contract here (PDF) and read a summary of it here.  A paper copy will be mailed to UAPD members in January.

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Sacramento County Doctors Vote on New Agreement

Following six months of extensive negotiations, in November the UAPD Bargaining Team reached a tentative agreement with Sacramento County for a new five year agreement.  The UAPD Bargaining Team unanimously recommended ratification of this agreement, which has gone to...

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