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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

El-Sabaawi Watch: Day 159 without Medical License

Mohamed El-Sabaawi, the court-appointed monitor at five Department of Mental Health Hospitals, has been working without a valid medical license since February 28, 2009. UAPD encourages doctors who have seen El-Sabaawi practice medicine since February to contact UAPD...

State Bargaining Update for August 7, 2009

The July 31st bargaining session marked fourteen months of negotiations between UAPD and the State of California. UAPD has come to the bargaining table 25 times during that period, and still there is no contract. Not one state-employee union has been able to settle a...

CDCR Needs More, Not Fewer, Dentists

On August 4th, the DPA gave UAPD notice of CDCR''s intention to lay off thirty-one dentists working in state prisons effective January 14, 2011, as part of a larger plan to reduce the dentist-to-patient ratio and shift work to newly hired dental hygienists. UAPD...

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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