Update: A majority of workers at Unity Health Care, D.C.’s largest federally-qualified health center, have voted to unionize. The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the union, with 102 votes for and 17 against, according to a tally of the ballots released on...
UAPD in the News
For UB resident doctors, progress has been ‘creepingly slow’ in complex talks for first contract
More than 800 resident doctors and fellows at the University at Buffalo unionized earlier this year, hoping to improve the working conditions that physicians-in-training have long encountered. But so far, the pace of negotiations has been “creepingly slow,” said Rob...
Step Up to Keep La Familia Going
In the past few months, we have seen this important care facility rocked by employee unrest and doctors and dentists so upset by management action several quit. The ones who remained have voted to establish a union. Nineteen physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners...
Doctors, Nurses and Dentists at Four Santa Fe Clinics Win Union Election
Photo by Austin Fisher / Source NM UAPD President Dr. Stuart A. Bussey said the nearly unanimous vote by nearly all providers speaks to their strong desire to refocus La Familia back to high quality patient care and stem workers from leaving. “We hope the union...
Local Urgent-Care Workers Ratify a New Contract, Avoid a Strike. Here are the Details
MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care providers represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists voted to approve a new contract. Represented workers in September were considering a potential multi-week work stoppage after nearly a year of negotiations with the...
MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care Providers Agree to Deal, Averting Possible Strike
A week after authorizing a potential strike, the MultiCare Health System reached an agreement with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) on Wednesday. MultiCare Health System said in a statement that the union will reach out to its members...