Anesthesiologists with Beverly Anesthesiology and Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles have formed a union, part of a continued wave of physician unionization in the U.S. About 75% of the anesthesiology group's voters were in favor of joining the Union of American Physicians...
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In Billboard Campaign, Physician Residents Say They’re Exploited
"Our goal is to make the general public aware," Armin Tadayyon, MD, MBA, an anesthesiology resident at UB and union member, told MedPage Today. "The general public thinks doctors are rich, but they have no idea what a resident physician is. We put it out there...
Billboards Claim UB Resident Physicians are ‘Overworked. Underpaid. Exploited.’
Dr. O'Sullivan is a resident and splits his time between Buffalo General, Oishei Children's Hospital and ECMC. He works overnights and sometimes around the clock. "I remember specifically one time I finished 24 hours in the trauma ICU at ECMC and I got the call 'hey...
LA County Doctors Strike Averted While Third Party Weighs New Benefits Option
Dr. Stuart A. Bussey, UAPD’s president, said the union has agreed to suspend the strike until February to give the county time to review potential tax implications related to the MegaFlex plan. “The UAPD remains committed to securing a package that facilitates the...
Doctors at L.A. County-Run Facilities Postpone Strike Planned for Next Week
Doctors and dentists who work at hospitals and other health facilities run by Los Angeles County are postponing a strike that had been scheduled to begin next week, their union announced Friday. Members of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists had...
LA Physicians, Dentists Plan Strike After Christmas
Physicians and dentists who work for Los Angeles County plan to go on strike Dec. 27, the Los Angeles Times reported. Their union, The Union of American Physicians and Dentists, announced the news Dec. 13 in a Facebook post. Union representatives argue that benefits...