Over 130 physicians, nurses, dentists, therapists and other staffers at LifeLong Medical Care, a nonprofit provider of medical, dental, and social services for low income people, went on a one day strike on Tuesday. The strike called attention to demands for fair...
UAPD Updates
Doctors strike at East Bay clinics serving low-income, homeless patients
Medical and mental health workers gather outside the West Berkeley Health Center on Tuesday morning during a daylong strike. After negotiating their first contract for over a year, the unionized workers and LifeLong management have yet to reach a deal. Credit: Ximena...
UAPD Continues Legal Advocacy for Civil Service Physicians and Dentists
Dr. Stuart Bussey, M.D., J.D., UAPD President; Doug Chiappetta, M.A., UAPD Executive, Director; and Patricia Hernandez, J.D., UAPD Chief Negotiator met with Assembly Speaker Designate, Robert Rivas. The UAPD discussed the statewide vacancy rates affecting BU16...
Loma Linda University Medical Residents Vote Yes on Union
In the culmination of a months-long organizing effort, resident physicians at Loma Linda University Health voted to unionize on June 22. The historic vote is the latest chapter in the most prominent recent showdown between a Seventh-day Adventist health care...
Indigo Providers Vote “No Confidence” in MultiCare’s CEO Bill Robertson
MultiCare Shortchanges Patient Care By Holding $2 Billion in Publicly Traded Securities Federal Way, Wash., June 16, 2023 – Providers at one of the largest Urgent Care Clinics in Washington are a step closer to a picket and going on strike. In a unanimous vote,...
Staff Engagement Survey Closes on June 19
Members, Your input matters! UAPD and its Leaders in the pharmacy department would like to highlight the importance of your participation. Your involvement in this process is of the utmost importance, not just for yourself but also for your colleagues and the pharmacy...