The new Agreement between UAPD and AHS was overwhelmingly ratified by the members. The vote drew the largest membership participation in the past 15 years. Under the new Agreement, dentists and psychiatrists will benefit from across the board pay increases with...
The contract covering California State University (CSU) doctors is now available online.
Beginning April 9th and lasting until April 14th, UAPD doctors were on strike against the University of California to protest unfair labor practices committed during the year-long bargaining for a first contract. In addition to picketing the student health centers in...
Los Angeles County has officially published a proposal to integrate its three main health care agencies--the Department of Health Services (DHS), the Department of Mental Health (DMH) and the Department of Public Health (DPH). Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas has also...
On April 2nd, UAPD gave the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) formal notice that we will hold an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike in Southern California as well as Northern California. On the Southern California campuses (Los Angeles, San...
UAPD’s 2015 Free CME and Organizing Training will take place Saturday, May 2nd at the San Francisco Airport Westin. You can register online here. Here’s what we have to offer! Free 4-Credit CME/CE: All are encouraged to attend "The Legislature in Public Health,” a...
The UAPD Board has approved a request by Alameda Healthcare Services (AHS) doctors to go on strike against their employer. During the strike authorization vote among UAPD members at AHS, 98% of them voted in favor of a strike. AHS doctors will be meeting soon to...
Los Angeles County Supervisors are considering a plan to merge the county's public health department and its mental health agency with the Department of Health Services, which now runs county hospitals and clinics. How will UAPD members fit into the plan? How could...
Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, doctors have been in high demand. During the last round of negotiations, UAPD argued strenuously that the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) was underpaying many of its doctors, making...