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.

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.

CalHR

Additional information and documents can be found at the CalHR website.

recent news

Patton State Hospital Unhinges Their “Matrix”

Recently, UAPD met in a Joint Labor-Management Committee to discuss the dissolution of the Matrix.  What was the Matrix? In short, the Matrix was the chain-of-command which Bargaining Unit 16 doctors had to follow at Patton State Hospital. Doctors had been...

Register for the 2018 UAPD Triennial Convention

We invite all of our members to come to San Francisco this October 26th and 27th for the UAPD Triennial Convention.  All events will take place at the Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel, located at 1 Old Bayshore Highway in Millbrae, CA 94030.  If you wish...

The Votes Are In: A New UAPD Board Has Been Elected

Your votes have been tallied from last month's UAPD Board elections and here are the results: Vice Presidents: Ronald H. Lewis, MD, FACP,  and Mubashir A.Farooqi, MD County Board Members: Rex L. Cheng, MD,  Victoria A. Behrman, MD, Sandhya...

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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