A labor union that represents some 7,000 licensed doctors and advanced-practice clinicians nationwide is on the cusp of forming in Colorado Springs.
Leaders of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists announced during a press conference Monday that they had at that minute submitted a filing with the National Labor Relations Board, an independent federal agency, to trigger organized unionization for providers at 20 medical clinics of Peak Vista Community Health Centers in the region.
“We are telling Peak Vista we are not your enemy, we are your colleagues,” said Union President Dr. Stuart Bussey. “This is a community safety net, and these people are warriors of the vanguard of the city. This is not Bethlehem Steel or the coal mills in Pennsylvania, or the sweatshops, or is it?”