Speaking on behalf of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, UAPD President Dr. Stuart Bussey responded: "We are pleased that OSHA has issued these fines against the Department of Mental Health, but frankly, it's not enough. $100,000 is peanuts compared to a...
UAPD-represented doctors and other union members contributed to a hard-hitting, two-part special report about Napa State Hospital violence, which is being broadcast nationally on National Public Radio (NPR). You can listen to Day 1 or Day 2 of the report by veteran...
On Wednesday April 6, 2011, Kern County doctors voted overwhelmingly in favor of making the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) their exclusive bargaining representative. Congratulations and welcome to UAPD's newest members! Kern County Doctors are the...
Dr. Martin Luther King considered forging a strong alliance between the labor movement and the civil rights movement one of his goals. When he was murdered in Memphis he was actually helping lead a sanitation worker strike there. King wanted Black workers to be...
Reprinted from CalPERSresponds.com | January 26, 2011 CalPERS earned a 12.5 percent net return on investments for the 2010 calendar year. The solid net returns mark the second straight calendar year of double-digit gains for the nation’s largest public pension fund....
Do doctors have a right to speak about patient safety problems in hospitals and not have it used as a basis for termination? Do they have the same right to free speech as everyone else? That’s the question being raised in a court battle between Dr. R.V. Rao and...