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California State of California Doctors

State BU 16 Docs Ratify Contract

On Tuesday, February 28, 2017, the UAPD Bargaining Team reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) on a new Memorandum of Understanding with the State of California.  The new agreement will was ratified by UAPD members and will go into effect once approved by the State...

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State Doctors Weigh In on”Lift and Shift”

The Governor's Proposed Budget for the fiscal year 2017-2018 contains language to have the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the California Correctional Health Care System assume responsibility for psychiatric programs now run under the...

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UAPD to State: No Deal

After two days of intense negotiations, the UAPD Bargaining Team must report that no deal has been reached with the State of California.  The offer put forward by the State did not adequately address the serious issues raised by our doctors, including high...

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Rights During an SEIU 1000 Strike

UAPD State-employed doctors have asked whether they have the right to strike alongside SEIU workers this coming Monday (aka sympathy strike).  The short answer is no, UAPD-represented doctors do not have the right to engage in a sympathy strike with another union...

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State Has Done Little To Fix Doc Shortage at Prisons

Press Release (Oakland) -- On Tuesday the State’s Office of the Inspector General issued a report that gave Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) a failing grade for the medical care it provides to inmates at the Soledad facility.  Fifteen years after a lawsuit in which...

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Additional Raise for CSU Doctors

By now California State University doctors have all received the 3 percent cost of living increase resulting from the Side Letter Agreement with CSU.  An additional 2 percent increase was also negotiated, which will go into effect on June 30, 2017. At that time, we...

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