The labor action by medical residents in Buffalo is the latest in the medical worker unionization wave sweeping the US. Around 100 picketers stood in front of Buffalo General Hospital on September 4, chanting and talking to reporters under the midday sun. They gripped...
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Tensions rising again at D.C. community health center as more staff leave
Unity Health Care faces provider shortages as union talks continue, raising questions about the network’s ability to keep treating vulnerable patients. Tensions are on the rise again at the largest network of community health-care clinics in D.C., with doctors and...
Patients and parents join UB resident physicians on picket line
Karra Barret and her son Bradley stood in solidarity with UB physicians and a particular resident who Karra says saved her son's life. BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo resident physicians concluded Day 3 of their strike. While they’re looking for better pay and...
UB medical residents continue striking for wages equal to other local residencies
Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - Wednesday marked the second day of striking for 829 UB medical residents, who are fighting not only for livable wages, but for benefits that are on par with what other medical residencies are getting offered in the area. ... The UB resident...
Arlington, Mount Vernon doctors file to unionize
Cascade and Skagit Valley hospitals are understaffed, doctors say. They want more time with their patients ARLINGTON — At Cascade Valley Hospital in Arlington and Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, doctors often cater to a rotating door of patients — and the...
UB medical residents call on university, hospitals to come to bargaining table
BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo medical residents and fellows continued their strike for a second day Wednesday. The residents, who work at major Western New York hospitals — such as Buffalo General, Erie County Medical Center, and Oishei Children’s...