This case deals with five misleading practices CDCR has been implementing and their push for psychiatric staff reductions. Read UAPD’s amicus brief here
Ralph Coleman v. Gavin Newsom
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CCSF Negotiations Come To A Close While Ratification Revs Up
As of April 25th, UAPD's bargaining team has wrapped up negotiations with the City and County of San Francisco. CCSF members will receive an email containing an agreement summary and a link to the ratification ballot within the next few days, so keep an eye out. ...
UAPD Proposals Implemented at DHCS for RAFT Program
In January, CAASD members notified us that employees were being asked to sign a new RAFT agreement. In response, the UAPD reached out to the department. The department replied by providing an update with the following changes, many of which are proposals that UAPD...
Ratification for Los Angeles Contract On The Horizon
As UAPD schedules the ratification process for the new Los Angeles contract, it is important that we have your most up-to-date contact information. Voting will start soon and it is vital that every member gives their feedback on the new contract. Please sign up...
CPOE Complaints: How They Work and How UAPD Can Help
In the last few months, there has been an increase in County Policy of Equity (CPOE) Complaints filed against our members. It’s important to know your rights as a Union member when you are called by an investigator. Before you schedule that meeting, please...
UAPD Sponsered Bill That Would Eliminate Copays for Inmates Passes First Committee
On February 26th, California’s Assembly Public Safety Committee voted to pass Assembly Bill 45, authored by Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Santa Cruz). AB 45, which UAPD (Local AFSCME 206) has co-sponsored, would eliminate medical and dental co-payments and charges for...
Multicare Urgent Care – Legacy Bargaining Team Agrees to Historic Contract
Facing an increasing media campaign and an imminent picketing demonstration by UAPD, Multicare Health Systems blinked. After 20 months at the bargaining table, one issue became the sticking point—the urgent care closing policy. Urgent Care doctors and providers wanted...
UAPD’s Fifteenth Triennial Convention A Lively Success
Last month’s Triennial convention in San Francisco proved to be thought-provoking. Well over a hundred of our members and staff attended the two-day event at the SFO Westin hotel. On Friday morning we were treated to an illuminating documentary on physician suicide...
Mad As Hell And Not Going To Take It Anymore: AHS Physicians Walk Out
Physicians of UAPD working in ambulatory at Alameda Health System (AHS) walked out of a meeting at the Hayward Wellness Center on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 in protest of AHS' intransigence. Those physicians have been out of contract for a year. AHS, rather than bargain...