Tacoma - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will soon certify a new union for doctors working at Auburn Medical Center (AMC) in Tacoma, Washington. At the vote count conducted on October 13 at the NLRB Region 19 offices in Seattle, a strong majority of...
The News Tribune today printed an article entitled "Auburn Medical Center doctors working to unionize physicians." From that article: Neil Partain, a hospitalist at the Auburn hospital, agreed that a union seems potentially the most effective option for becoming...
By now California State University doctors have all received the 3 percent cost of living increase resulting from the Side Letter Agreement with CSU. An additional 2 percent increase was also negotiated, which will go into effect on June 30, 2017. At that time, we...
When your UAPD Negotiating team met with administrators last Friday, we believed we were close to reaching a a deal. After all, your colleagues at the table had made significant concessions regarding market adjustments for ALL specialties by agreeing to focus...
The CCSF doctors UAPD represents are dedicated to safety net medical care and public health. A survey of the Union membership in advance of the 2014 San Francisco “soda tax“ proposition yielded 96% support for that measure. With Berkeley’s approval of a...
Dear Colleagues, Have you heard the news? Doctors, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in Washington State are unionizing. On August 1, 2016 the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) delivered a petition to the National Labor Relations Board...
The UAPD Negotiating Committee has been meeting with the County on a regular basis. UAPD submitted a comprehensive package proposal, which includes competitive market adjustments for all specialties; improvements to tuition reimbursement and license/certification...
As you are making your plans for the fall, consider joining UAPD members at our annual meeting on Saturday, October 15, 2016. All events will take place at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront. You can see more details and register for all events online...
Our goal as a team is to get the best possible contract for doctors, one which addresses the economic and non-economic issues that many of you have raised. We wanted to reach a tentative agreement with the State by the end of this week, so that the Legislature could...