Despite the growing appetite for collective action among resident physicians, not every institution has accepted unionization efforts. Residents and fellows at Loma Linda University Health are locked in a legal battle over bargaining. The 800-member unit won...
Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium
Bargaining and Legal Updates
September 13, 2023: The NLRB Region 31 Office filed a complaint against LLUHEC for their refusal to bargain. July 17, 2023: The UAPD received correspondence from LLUHEC stating, “LLUHEC respectfully declines the Union’s bargaining demand. July 5, 2023: The UAPD filed...
Loma Linda Residents Vote to Unionize, but Still Face Pushback
Residents and fellows at Loma Linda University Health in California succeeded in their National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) vote, the latest in a flood of similar unionization activity at institutions across the country. However, Loma Linda has continued to push back...
Loma Linda Medical Residents and Fellows Achieve Unionization
After an embattled four months, Loma Linda residents and fellows announced on a pro-union Instagram page that they won the legal case against Loma Linda administration and were officially permitted to unionize on June 22, 2023. The post declared, “WE...
Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium’s First Union Formed by Resident Physicians and Fellows
Loma Linda, CA, June 30, 2023 — More than 800 resident physicians and fellows at Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium (LLUHEC) have won the right to unionize with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD). This is the first unionized group of...
Loma Linda University Medical Residents Vote Yes on Union
In the culmination of a months-long organizing effort, resident physicians at Loma Linda University Health voted to unionize on June 22. The historic vote is the latest chapter in the most prominent recent showdown between a Seventh-day Adventist health care...