Los Angeles, CA — Medical residents at Loma Linda University Medical Center are fighting for accommodations that most take for granted: fair wages, sustainable working conditions and work-life balance. On April 27, preceding Mental Health Awareness Month in May,...
UAPD Updates
Barger Brings Back Focus on Hiring, Retaining L.A. County Clinical Staff
Approved motion gives 30 day deadline for completed impact report evaluating incentives, including benefits Los Angeles, CA — “Providing the County’s most fundamental services rests on having quality medical, dental, psychiatric, and mental health professionals,”...
UAPD Hosts Film Screening to Discuss Physician Suicide
On Thursday, May 4, 2023, the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) and LOOK Cinemas in Redlands sponsored a free screening of "Do No Harm," a film about the hidden episode of physician suicide and burnout. After the screening, there was a panel discussion...
Board Motion Unanimously Passed to Address Recruitment and Retention of Los Angeles County Clinical Staff
BU324 Members On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, BU324 members showed up at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting to lobby in support of Board Motion 72-B authored by Supervisor Kathryn Barger. The Board could sense the unity of our members as they walked in...
Commemorating May Day
Today, May 1, we celebrate May Day around the world as a day commemorating the struggles of labor and the working class. On May 3, 1886, several unionists were injured or killed by police during a strike at Chicago’s McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. They were...
UAPD Testifies at State Public Safety Hearing
At the State Assembly Budget Subcommittee Meeting on Public Safety, BU16 state psychiatrists Dr. Navreet Mann, M.D., and Dr. Jonathan Greenberg, M.D., along with UAPD President Dr. Stuart Bussey, M.D., J.D., gave testimony. Our members emphasized the need for...