Under the UAPD contract for State BU 16 employees, there is no distinction between out-of-state and in-state CME courses, with both kinds qualifying for "up to seven (7) days per fiscal year of Continuing Medical Education (CME) leave and reasonable travel time" and...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has created a website to inform employees about layoff plans associated with AB 109 and the Governor's Five Percent Reduction Plan. Note that CDCR has not provided any information to UAPD about how its...
All UAPD members are encouraged to attend the 2011 UAPD Statewide Membership Meeting Weekend, which will take place October 22 – 23 at the JW Marriott in Los Angeles (MAP). UAPD Members can register online HERE. Download the UAPD Membership Meeting Weekend Schedule of...
Violence at California Mental Hospitals:Â "This is the Norm" NPR's Morning Edition State psychiatric workers call for greater safety Los Angeles Times Calif. mental hospital workers protest conditions Associated Press
In recent years the best strategy for many county bargaining units has been to rollover the current contract rather than negotiate a new one, assuming the employer agrees to do so. While extending a contract generally means no new salary increases, it also means no...
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...
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Speaking on behalf of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, UAPD President Dr. Stuart Bussey responded: "We are pleased that OSHA has issued these fines against the Department of Mental Health, but frankly, it's not enough. $100,000 is peanuts compared to a...
UAPD-represented doctors and other union members contributed to a hard-hitting, two-part special report about Napa State Hospital violence, which is being broadcast nationally on National Public Radio (NPR). You can listen to Day 1 or Day 2 of the report by veteran...