Doctors explain shortcomings of proposed deal to UC Regents during special public session on prison healthcare. Read LA Times Coverage Stuart Bussey, M.D., Editorial in Capitol Weekly
UAPD Updates
Dr. Roger Wu’s Analysis of San Francisco County Tentative Agreement
Dear Colleagues: Last week marked the end of two months of negotiations between the UAPD and the City that no one wanted to have---and were completely and utterly necessary. In brief, we gave the City a concession (four unpaid holidays in 2009 and another four in...
State Bargaining Update for May 6, 2009
The UAPD Bargaining Team met again with representatives from the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) on Tuesday, May 5th. The state countered our on-call proposal, offering language that would prevent a doctor from having to work seven consecutive on-call...
CCSF Ratification Vote
On Tuesday, May 4, 2010, your UAPD Negotiating Committee reached a Tentative Agreement with the City and County of San Francisco regarding the City’s layoff and reorganization plan that would layoff most of our members and rehire them at a reduced work week. Although...
Doctors Enjoy Free CME Class on Peer Review
On May 1, More than 100 union members travelled to Manhattan Beach to participate in the second offering from UAPD’s Continuing Medical Education Program, entitled “Peer Review: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.” Since 2009 UAPD has been offering complementary CME...
CCSF Asks UAPD to Accept Furloughs Instead of Layoffs
San Francisco is pushing all unions to make concessions, and most are bringing the City’s latest plan to members for ratification. As a cost saving measure, in early March Mayor Gavin Newsom proposed laying off thousands of City and County of San Francisco (CCSF)...