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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.
Send Letter to Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
For the past two years in negotiations, the county has not addressed our concerns. It’s time to escalate.
Doctors United for Our Patients
More information on bargaining with Los Angeles County.
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
UCLA, USC, and LA County Still Negotiating Over Doctor Stipends
As many of you know, a significant number of LA County-employed doctors receive a paycheck from the county and a separate stipend payment from either UCLA or USC. Those stipends are funded by monies paid by the county to each university, and the universities control...
LA County Contract Goes Into Effect
The MOU covering Los Angeles County doctors, overwhelmingly ratified by LA County UAPD members on February 22nd, was finally approved by the LA County Board of Supervisors on May 27th. The wage increases set forth by the agreement are retroactive to January 1, 2008,...
Details of New Los Angeles Agreement
The LA County contract ratified on February 22, 2008, provides: General Salary Increase – Each physician in the UAPD bargaining unit will receive a 3% salary increase retroactive to January 1, 2008 and an additional 3% salary increase effective January 1, 2009. New...
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.
You can save thousands of dollars on products and services by taking advantage of discounts provided to union members by Union Plus and AFSCME Advantage.
