LA county physicians & veterinarians (324)

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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

Los Angeles County Stipend Negotiations Reaching an End

You may have already heard the good news!  Last week the County and UAPD signed off on an historic agreement on how the USC County Physicians’ stipends and benefits will be forthwith handled.  Under the new agreement, all tenured physicians will stay on the County’s...

Schwarzenegger Vetoes UAPD-Sponsored Safety Retirement Bill

Earlier this year Assembly Member Mervyn Dymally (D-Los Angeles) introduced legislation, sponsored by UAPD, to reclassify physicians working in a Los Angeles County Jail or Los Angeles County Mental Health Facility, after a Board of Supervisors resolution, as "safety...

Fair Share Campaign Update

As of Monday, September 22, UAPD has kicked off our BU 324 fair share campaign.  We are asking members who haven’t done so already to sign and return a card or petition to express their support for holding an election on the fair share issue – call the UAPD office at...

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