BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Western New York healthcare workers joined community leaders Friday in Niagara Square to protest Governor Kathy Hochul's proposed healthcare cuts. Governor Hochul's proposed budget contains millions of dollars in cuts to health services and...
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Bicycle Health Clinicians Pedal Towards Unionization for Better Patient Care and Work Conditions
In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, a new chapter is being written by the physicians and advanced practice providers at Bicycle Health, a telehealth company spearheading the treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) across more than 30 states. Their recent...
Clinicians at Telehealth Company File to Unionize
Physicians and advanced practice providers at Bicycle Health -- which provides telehealth treatment to patients with opioid use disorder in more than 30 states -- have filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to unionize with the Union of American...
Bicycle Clinicians Looking for ‘A Seat at the Table’ File to Unionize
Clinicians at opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment provider Bicycle Health have filed to unionize with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD). Bicycle Health told its workers in an email that the company was working with the National Labor Relations Board...
UB Resident Physicians Union Continue Fight for Better Wages, Benefits
Eighty-plus hour work weeks, no child care benefits or retirement plans and salaries that come out to below minimum wage are the conditions 831 University at Buffalo resident physicians say they’re working under, and they want things to change. "These people are the...
UB Resident Doctors Say They ‘Don’t Feel Valued’ For Their Work
It was a noteworthy week for the more than 800 union-represented resident doctors and fellows at University at Buffalo. The group, represented by Union of American Physicians and Dentists, held a news conference Wednesday to "alert the community about UB and area...