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Your Contract
Also known as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), this sets your salary, benefits, and many working conditions.
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.
Doctors United For Our Patients
More information on bargaining with Los Angeles County.
recent news
The Urge to Merge
Los Angeles County has officially published a proposal to integrate its three main health care agencies--the Department of Health Services (DHS), the Department of Mental Health (DMH) and the Department of Public Health (DPH). Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas has also...
UAPD Calls More Strikes Against UC
On April 2nd, UAPD gave the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) formal notice that we will hold an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike in Southern California as well as Northern California. On the Southern California campuses (Los Angeles, San...
Register for the Free CME and Organizing Training
UAPD’s 2015 Free CME and Organizing Training will take place Saturday, May 2nd at the San Francisco Airport Westin. You can register online here. Here’s what we have to offer! Free 4-Credit CME/CE: All are encouraged to attend "The Legislature in Public Health,” a...
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.
