Due to high demand, open enrollment for a host of new benefits available to Los Angeles County members has been extended to June 23. Watch the video above to learn more, and sign up to talk to a benefits counselor to make your choices.
California prison psychiatrists could claim $10,000 bonuses as a perk for seeing patients in person under a proposed contract their union negotiated with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration. The bonuses are part of an agreement for the Union of American Physicians and...
More than a third of California state prison doctors are objecting to a new corrections department requirement that they prescribe an opioid treatment drug, saying the prisons aren’t taking enough precautions to prevent its abuse. The 138 doctors’ objections, outlined...
TACOMA, Wash., March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a bargaining session held on March 2, 2021, physicians and providers of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) announced their upcoming informational picket in response to the Employer's failure to...
By Adam Ferguson, New York Times During Thanksgiving week, the Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services, the main hospital serving Gallup, was inundated by virus cases. Inside the hospital, Zola Sandoval, a 63-year-old Navajo woman who was being treated for...
It took 10 years of legal and political maneuvering, but last week Ventura County officials informed UAPD that it will be recognized as the exclusive representative of approximately 119 providers in multiple Ventura county clinics. Bargaining will commence the first...
MultiCare is putting patient safety at risk by demanding their Indigo urgent care providers work excessively long and fatiguing shifts. After winning their union election over two years ago, physicians and providers continue the fight. They want to provide the...
Fifty-three employees for California state prisons have tested positive for COVID-19, according to new figures released on Sunday. The California Institute for Men (CIM), in Chino, had 16 reported cases, the most among the state's 18 facilities — including prisons and...
Covid-19 is causing major changes to the way that we go about our lives and work as health care professionals. Social distancing and telework can be difficult to achieve, depending upon your particular workplace. Here are some general work guidelines for UAPD workers,...