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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
Additional information about your healthcare, retirement, and other benefits.
CalHR
Additional information and documents can be found at the CalHR website.
recent news
State Improves Its Offer for Doctors
The UAPD Bargaining Team met with representatives of the State Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) on April 28th, May 19th, and again on June 10th. Responding to the UAPD Bargaining Team’s strong rejection of the State’s February 4th offer, on the more recent...
Wide Range of Topics Addressed on Opening Day
The Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) Bargaining Team met with representatives from the State of California for the first bargaining session on Wednesday, June 4. Representing the doctors were: Dr. Georgia Thomatos, Department of Corrections and...
Furlough Fight Continues
In late May, the state Supreme Court granted Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s request to hear one of the appeals he filed in response to a series of decisions made earlier this year; specifically the Supreme Court will review a Superior Court judge’s decision...
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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