TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, in the face of a pandemic that continues to devastate our health and economy, America's largest union of licensed physicians and healthcare providers announced that physicians, nurse practitioners and physician...
MultiCare is putting patient safety at risk by demanding their Indigo urgent care providers work excessively long and fatiguing shifts. After winning their union election over two years ago, physicians and providers continue the fight. They want to provide the...
The Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) demonstrated its power to affect positive change in its first two contract negotiations in Washington state. Stalled in bargaining for two years with the Multicare health system, UAPD members of the Legacy...
UAPD’s Legacy Urgent Care Clinic Providers have been bargaining in good faith with Multicare for two years to establish a sane and safe clinic closing policy. Our providers often see patients nonstop for 14 to 15 hours, well beyond their scheduled shifts. This...
Facing an increasing media campaign and an imminent picketing demonstration by UAPD, Multicare Health Systems blinked. After 20 months at the bargaining table, one issue became the sticking point—the urgent care closing policy. Urgent Care doctors and providers wanted...
Hundreds of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners at the Legacy and Indigo urgent care centers and Auburn Medical Center (AMC) in Tacoma, Washington are standing together to protect the health and wellbeing of Tacoma residents, and improve...
We would like to congratulate the physicians and advanced practice providers at Multicare’s Indigo Urgent Care centers who voted Monday to join the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD). Indigo providers sent a message that they want collective bargaining...
We would like to congratulate the providers at MultiCare Legacy Urgent Care Centers who voted by an overwhelming margin to join UAPD. By a 43-7 vote, Legacy providers sent a resounding message that they want collective bargaining rights and a voice in providing care...
UAPD and MultiCare Health System met for the second day of negotiations on Thursday February 9. Over the course of two bargaining sessions, UAPD had eight physician members directly participating at the table. Over the course of these two dates, both...