In mid-July, UAPD staff members, attorneys, and President Dr. Stuart Bussey had two informal settlement conferences with UC representatives and the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to determine how membership in the new doctor's union will be defined. ...
UAPD Updates
New BU16 CERBT Deduction Explained
UAPD has received a number of calls from doctors indicating that there is some confusion about a new paycheck deduction for State Bargaining Unit 16 doctors, which is labeled as BU16 CERBT on the paystub. BU16 CERBT is the "Prefunding of Post-Retirement Health...
New State BU 16 Contract Approved by UAPD Members
UAPD members in State Bargaining Unit 16 voted overwhelmingly in favor of approving the Tentative Agreement reached with the State on August 9, 2013. 95% of the votes were in favor of ratification. Having been ratified by members, the new Memorandum of Understanding...
San Francisco Doctors Vote on Health Plan Changes
After the close of 2012 bargaining, it was discovered that the healthcare premium structure which nearly all City unions and the City agreed to would actually drive up the costs of healthcare because it failed to maintain competition between Kaiser and Blue Shield. ...
Bargaining Update for State BU 16
There have been seven bargaining sessions since May, with the latest one taking place on August 1st. During those meetings, the UAPD Bargaining Team has given detailed presentations in support of the proposals that the Union has made. The team has been joined at the...
Read Microphone in the Mud!
A few weeks ago the University of Hawaii Press published a book by retired former UAPD Executive Director Gary Robinson and his daughter Laura Robinson. Microphone in the Mud tells the story of Laura's battles with armed terrorists, a kidnapper, malaria, a tsunami,...