LA COUNTY PHYSICIANS & VETS (324) LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN

As part of our BU324 bargaining escalation plan, we need you to take urgent action and write a letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

We need to let the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors know it is crucial that they intervene and support physicians in recruitment and retention by supporting our bargaining priorities.

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Letter to Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Dear Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors,

This correspondence is to inform you of the status of negotiations between our physicians and LA County/DHS. As you know, LA County is home to one the largest public hospital systems in the United States; a designation that gives the board much pride.  As we’ve communicated in the past, our physician group is not thriving, as it has been difficult to recruit and retain well-trained physicians.

We lack the following: 
• Parental Leave
• 401K
• Competitive compensation to recruit and retain physicians

As has been published, patient wait times have increased. Doctors are overworked and burnt out. Staff vacancies are at an all-time high, with rates of 30-70% depending on discipline. This has led to patient suffering. We fear that if conditions for physicians do not improve, Los Angeles County will experience the deterioration of patient care services, further limiting our readiness to respond to another health crisis. This would harm the community we all love and call home.

We have patiently, over the past 2 years, attempted to communicate this crisis through good faith negotiations with leadership and the office of the CEO.
• Christina Ghaly, Director of Health Services
• Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health 
• Odey Ukpo, Chief Medical Examiner
• Marcia Mayeda, Director, Animal Care and Control 
• Fesia Davenport, CEO
• Tim Pescatello, CEO Principal
• Shelby Washington, BU 324 Chief Negotiator 
 
We need the Board of Supervisors to intervene to prevent a strike.

Sincerely,
A hard-working Physician for LA County

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LA COUNTY PHYSICIANS & VETS (324) LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN

As part of our BU324 bargaining escalation plan, we need you to take urgent action and write a letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

Letter to Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

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