BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo medical residents and union supporters began their strike today outside Buffalo General Hospital.
After a year of negotiations, they were unable to come to a mutual agreement with their employer. They are asking for an 8-10 percent raise, a better healthcare plan, a better retirement plan, and benefits that other universities provide their residents.
Stuart Bussey, president of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, said that the third-party negotiator, UMRS has not met the physician’s requests like they claim to have done.
“We have a reasonable offer on the table which took into account all these premium subsidies, retirement, everything that the other universities have,” Bussey said.
“It’s obvious that these residents are treated at the bottom of the barrel, they have every right to unionize every right to demonstrate and I hope the administration is watching this.”