State of California BU 16
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your UAPD representative.
Your Contract
Also known as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), this sets your salary, benefits, and many working conditions.
Attachment C: Holiday On-Call
Download a copy of the MOU’s current Holiday On-Call attachment. Please refer to this document for holiday on-call scheduling, coverage requirements, and related policies.
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.
recent news
Commemorating May Day
Today, May 1, we celebrate May Day around the world as a day commemorating the struggles of labor and the working class. On May 3, 1886, several unionists were injured or killed by police during a strike at Chicago’s McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. They were...
UAPD Testifies at State Public Safety Hearing
At the State Assembly Budget Subcommittee Meeting on Public Safety, BU16 state psychiatrists Dr. Navreet Mann, M.D., and Dr. Jonathan Greenberg, M.D., along with UAPD President Dr. Stuart Bussey, M.D., J.D., gave testimony. Our members emphasized the need for...
UAPD Meets with Metropolitan State Hospital Doctors
Union representative, Jose Gonzalez met with more than 30 providers at Metropolitan State Hospital to discuss the proposed state contract currently in negotiations to take effect July 2023. The UAPD and our members talked about fair compensation, essential worker pay,...
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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