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Santa Clara County

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

Additional information about your healthcare, retirement, and other benefits.

Human Resources

Additional information and documents may be found on the human resources webpage.

recent news

Santa Clara Doctors Vote to Authorize Strike

Santa Clara County doctors represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike against Santa Clara County, and the UAPD Board of Directors has put its full support behind that strike. UAPD is also moving...

UAPD Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against Santa Clara County

Your UAPD Bargaining Committee has been negotiating with the County for a successor MOU for several months now.  Although we have been meeting regularly and for many hours each time, the County has presented us with delay after delay, making the prospect of an...

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.

As the year progressed, our members demanded to have a stronger voice in health decisions affecting their patients, especially concerning public health decisions.

– UAPD President Stuart Bussey, MD, JD

With greater strength and diversity comes an opportunity and responsibility to comment upon health issues that affect our members, their patients, and the public in general.

– UAPD President Stuart A. Bussey, MD, JD

Traditional physician interactions are being altered in this 21st-century pandemic.

– UAPD President Stuart A. Bussey, MD, JD