A Public Employee Relations Board Administrative Law Judge issued a scathing ruling against Ventura County last week, in favor of the doctors there who have been fighting to have UAPD represent their unit. Ventura County had recognized UAPD as the exclusive...
Oon May 16th, UAPD was dismayed to learn that San Francisco’s First District Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision in favor of UAPD on the issue of furloughs. In a case first filed in 2009, UAPD argued that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had not received...
Do doctors have a right to speak about patient safety problems in hospitals and not have it used as a basis for termination? Do they have the same right to free speech as everyone else? That’s the question being raised in a court battle between Dr. R.V. Rao and...
Starting January 1, 2010, 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 $500 per case and per year to pay for legal consultation. The fund will be used to pay...
Furloughs of State Employees in Agencies Funded by Federal and Special Funds: UAPD attorneys recently finished up appellate briefs and await oral argument in the Court of Appeals regarding the Governors’ appeal of the lower court ruling in the union’s favor regarding...
In late May, the state Supreme Court granted Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s request to hear one of the appeals he filed in response to a series of decisions made earlier this year; specifically the Supreme Court will review a Superior Court judge’s decision...
Despite mounting evidence that his furlough plan has failed, Schwarzenegger continues to pour state money into legal challenges to delay their inevitable end. Following last week's rulings in favor of UAPD and other unions, the Schwarzenegger administration filed...
Alameda Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch has again sided with UAPD, this morning (March 24) issuing a tentative ruling that orders the State to allow all workers paid from special funds to return to their regular work schedules next month. In its original motion,...
On Thursday February 25th, Judge Frank Roesch ruled in favor of UAPD in our case requesting back pay for furloughed state workers who are paid from sources other than the State's general fund. Judge Roesch delivered the same ruling in multiple cases filed by several...