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This anesthesiologist is L.A. County’s highest paid employee. He works 94 hours a week
Photo Credit: Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times Some county doctors say it’s a microcosm of larger staffing issues playing out across the county’s hospitals, which are a safety net for hundreds of thousands of poor and uninsured patients. The Union of American...
PeaceHealth Clinicians Push for Historic Union Vote
Photo credit: Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News An increasing number of clinicians across the nation are looking to unionize as they lose their autonomy to advocate for patients or themselves as for-profit groups, such as Sound Physicians, are “trying to squeeze money...
Clinician Union Sounds Alarm on Working Conditions at Unity Health
The Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) along with physicians and advanced practice providers at Unity Health Care in Washington, D.C., held a press briefing on Tuesday calling for improvements in working conditions at the federally qualified health...
Meet the Doctors Behind the Union of Resident Physicians at University at Buffalo
Dr. Eun Beattie is a single mother with two daughters, focused on helping others but also struggling to afford rent and child care. Dr. Frank Massaro is a U.S. Navy veteran, husband and father of two children who stresses about paying his bills and wonders if Buffalo...
Bicycle Health Clinicians Unionize in Landmark Move for Digital Addiction Treatment
Clinicians at substance use disorder (SUD) provider Bicycle Health won their union election in a landmark moment for the digital SUD industry. The National Labor Relations Board tallied votes on Monday, April 15 and found that 64% of ballots favored unionizing with...
America’s newest doctors fuel efforts to unionize
The bottom line: While this is a labor issue, it ultimately trickles down to quality and safety for patients, said Rachel Flores, organizing director of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists. "Patients should care because that's less time to address their...