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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
UAPD Psychiatrists Make Waves at the State Capitol
We know that severe staffing shortages have severely compromised mental health care inside California state prisons and mental hospitals. And that the State of California puts a bandaid over the problem by hiring too many high-paid, short-term contractors and...
UAPD Celebrates National Doctors Day
On National Doctors Day (March 30th) we acknowledge the dedication and effort that our doctors and other medical practitioners put into their profession. Their hard work is the backbone of our society's medical system. Doctors work tirelessly to provide healthcare and...
Celebrating 50 Years: UAPD’s 16th Triennial Convention Coming This May
This May, come celebrate 50 years with UAPD!UAPD’s 16th Triennial Convention will be held simultaneously in person and virtually on Friday and Saturday, May 6th and 7th, 2022 at the San Francisco Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Hotel. The venue was specifically selected...
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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