by Suzanne Wilson | Jun 14, 2013 | University of California (UC)
When dealing with an employer like the University of California (UC), establishing a new union inevitably involves a lot of back-and-forth during the union’s first days. Please take a moment to review where we are in this process. Although UC...
by Suzanne Wilson | Jun 13, 2013 | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), California State of California Doctors, California State University (CSU), Department of Developmental Services (DDS), Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), Department of Public Health (DPH), Department of Social Services (DSS), Department of State Hospitals (DSH), Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), Featured
On May 22 negotiations for the new Bargaining Unit 16 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) began between the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) and the State of California. The second meeting took place on June 11. The UAPD Bargaining …
by Suzanne Wilson | Jun 13, 2013 | California Counties, Featured, Santa Cruz County
Doctors working for the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency (HSA) don’t believe that County administrators are doing enough to fill vacancies in their unit, particularly in the Child Mental Health and Adult Mental Health Services. As a result of...
by Suzanne Wilson | Jun 5, 2013 | California Counties, Featured, Los Angeles County Physicians, Los Angeles County Psychiatrists and Dentists
As part of the last Memorandum of Understanding between the Dentist and Psychiatrist Unit (BU 325) and Los Angeles County, UAPD negotiated a new $400,000 training and education fund. The goal of that fund is to provide doctors with training …
by Suzanne Wilson | Jun 5, 2013 | Featured, Los Angeles County Physicians, Los Angeles County Psychiatrists and Dentists
UAPD staff and stewards in Los Angeles County have been hard at work enforcing the UAPD contract. In recent months, several grievances have been settled in favor of UAPD doctors. For example: A Long Beach Comprehensive Health Center (CHC) physician...