LA county physicians & vets (324)

Your Contract
Also known as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), this sets your salary, benefits, and many working conditions. Download as PDF.

Membership Application
Membership is what gives our union power. You must submit an application to be a member of UAPD.

Employee Benefits
Unionized workers in Los Angeles County work together to negotiate the best benefits package for all. Download as PDF.

Voluntary Benefits
UAPD members have an opportunity to purchase long and short term disability coverage and other types of plans at an affordable rate. Sign up to speak to a benefits counselor.
Physician Recruitment
The Union of American Physicians and Dentists is working with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services to recruit more doctors into vacant positions at county facilities. Watch the videos below and share them with friends, family, and on social media to help us keep county facilities fully staffed.
recent news

Barger Brings Back Focus on Hiring, Retaining L.A. County Clinical Staff
Approved motion gives 30 day deadline for completed impact report evaluating incentives, including benefits Los Angeles, CA — “Providing the County’s most fundamental services rests on having quality medical, dental, psychiatric, and mental health professionals,”...

Board Motion Unanimously Passed to Address Recruitment and Retention of Los Angeles County Clinical Staff
BU324 Members On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, BU324 members showed up at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting to lobby in support of Board Motion 72-B authored by Supervisor Kathryn Barger. The Board could sense the unity of our members as they walked in...

Commemorating May Day
Today, May 1, we celebrate May Day around the world as a day commemorating the struggles of labor and the working class. On May 3, 1886, several unionists were injured or killed by police during a strike at Chicago’s McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. They were...

Legislative Advocacy
Every year UAPD sponsors and endorses state legislature bills that are beneficial to working doctors and those they care for.

Legal Expertise
UAPD stewards and staff get advice and support from experienced labor attorneys.

Know Your Rights
Union members have the right to union representation at any meeting with management that they reasonably believe may lead to discipline. These are called Weingarten Rights.
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