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Auburn Medical Center

Your Contract

Also known as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), this sets your salary, benefits, and many working conditions. UAPD members can email washington@uapd.com to request a copy.

Membership Application

Membership is what gives our union power. You must submit an application to be a member of UAPD.

recent news

Tacoma Doctors Join UAPD

Tacoma - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will soon certify a new union for doctors working at Auburn Medical Center (AMC) in Tacoma, Washington.   At the vote count conducted on October 13 at the NLRB Region 19 offices in Seattle, a strong majority of...

Tacoma Paper Covers Union Drive

The News Tribune today printed an article entitled "Auburn Medical Center doctors working to unionize physicians."  From that article: Neil Partain, a hospitalist at the Auburn hospital, agreed that a union seems potentially the most effective option for becoming...

A Message for the Doctors of Tacoma

Dear Colleagues, Have you heard the news?  Doctors, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in Washington State are unionizing.  On August 1, 2016 the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) delivered a petition to the National Labor Relations Board...

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