by Suzanne Wilson | Nov 26, 2014 | Featured
Each year the AFSCME Family Scholarship Program provides ten $2,000 scholarships to high school seniors, which will be renewed for a maximum of four years. Children of UAPD members are welcome to apply. Applications must be post-marked by December 31,...
by Suzanne Wilson | Nov 13, 2014 | Featured
UAPD held its annual statewide membership meeting in Sacramento on October 25th. Click here to see photos. In addition to the meeting, there was a productive board meeting the evening before, a fascinating ethics CME Saturday morning, and a steward...
by Suzanne Wilson | Nov 13, 2014 | Featured, University of California (UC)
UAPD has filed Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges against the University of California (UC) for unilaterally increasing doctors’ pension contributions after saying they would not, among other things. It has become evident that UC’s bad faith bargaining is...
by Suzanne Wilson | Oct 27, 2014 | Featured
By Stuart A. Bussey, M.D., J.D., UAPD President If they pass, Propositions 45 and 46 will amount to nothing but trouble for doctors. Take Proposition 45. Up to this point California’s insurance rates have been regulated by an independent commission. ...
by Suzanne Wilson | Oct 18, 2014 | Featured, Gardner Health Services
Gardner providers had their first E/PERC Committee meeting on October 16, 2014. Union members and management came together to discuss several issues impacting providers’ schedules and workloads. This E/PERC shall be an ongoing committee between labor and...