Providers have been in negotiation with LifeLong for more than a year over higher wages and improved conditions. Tim Jenkins is a senior representative with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, the union that represents LifeLong providers. “The people we’re...
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LifeLong Medical Care workers strike for fair workload, compensation equity
Over 130 physicians, nurses, dentists, therapists and other staffers at LifeLong Medical Care, a nonprofit provider of medical, dental, and social services for low income people, went on a one day strike on Tuesday. The strike called attention to demands for fair...
Doctors strike at East Bay clinics serving low-income, homeless patients
Medical and mental health workers gather outside the West Berkeley Health Center on Tuesday morning during a daylong strike. After negotiating their first contract for over a year, the unionized workers and LifeLong management have yet to reach a deal. Credit: Ximena...
Loma Linda University Medical Residents Vote Yes on Union
In the culmination of a months-long organizing effort, resident physicians at Loma Linda University Health voted to unionize on June 22. The historic vote is the latest chapter in the most prominent recent showdown between a Seventh-day Adventist health care...
PeaceHealth Caregivers Seek Union Status
Dozens of providers at PeaceHealth in Whatcom County could vote to unionize, citing inadequate pay, fears over job security and burnout. Physician assistants, nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives have been in behind-the-scenes discussions with the Union of...
Loma Linda University Health Medical Residents Can Vote to Unionize
Kevin Hong is a third-year resident at Loma Linda University Health. At a press conference yesterday, he said that he and his colleagues have suffered abusive behavior from supervisors. “With a union in place, we will have collective power to fight against harassment...