Anesthesiologists with Beverly Anesthesiology and Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles have formed a union, part of a continued wave of physician unionization in the U.S. About 75% of the anesthesiology group's voters were in favor of joining the Union of American Physicians...
UAPD Updates
UAPD Welcomes Anesthesiologists Affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA — More than 100 anesthesiologists employed through Beverly Anesthesiology, Inc. affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, have won their right to unionize with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) with 75 percent majority support....
In Billboard Campaign, Physician Residents Say They’re Exploited
"Our goal is to make the general public aware," Armin Tadayyon, MD, MBA, an anesthesiology resident at UB and union member, told MedPage Today. "The general public thinks doctors are rich, but they have no idea what a resident physician is. We put it out there...
Billboards Claim UB Resident Physicians are ‘Overworked. Underpaid. Exploited.’
Dr. O'Sullivan is a resident and splits his time between Buffalo General, Oishei Children's Hospital and ECMC. He works overnights and sometimes around the clock. "I remember specifically one time I finished 24 hours in the trauma ICU at ECMC and I got the call 'hey...
Contract Ratified for California State University System
The tentative agreement reached with the California State University (CSU) system has been ratified with a 100% "yes" vote from UAPD members. This secures a 5% raise retroactive to July 2023 for our members. We will update our members when we receive notice of a...
UAPD Prepares to Begin Negotiations with the City and County of San Francisco
Dear UAPD represented employees, I trust this message finds you well. It is time to bargain another contract. I've been in regular meetings with your appointed Union Stewards: Dr. Roger Wu (Behavioral Health), Dr. Kira Levy (Primary Care), Dr. Sieow Ong (Dentistry),...