The County of Los Angeles provides services to the over 10 million residents who call Los Angeles County home. With more than 35 departments and 200 commissions, the County operates one of the largest local government organizations in the world. Given the size of this...
Los Angeles County Physicians
LA County Recruitment & Retention Work Group
At the Request of Dr. Mitch Katz, Director of the newly formed Los Angeles County Health Agency, UAPD has partnered with the Department of Health Services (DHS) to increase the recruitment of Physicians and Specialists who work for the County. The...
LA County Safe and Just Culture Policy
Los Angeles County Policy No. 311.4, as revised on July 1, 2016, states as its purpose: “To build, maintain, and support a Safe and Just Culture at the Department of Health Services...A Safe and Just Culture is one in which safety is an individual and...
LA County Looks for Logo and Motto
The Los Angeles County Health Agency, in partnership with labor unions including UAPD, has launched a logo and motto contest as part of their Health Agency employee engagement campaign. The contest is open to all Los Angeles County Health Agency employees. ...
Bargaining Update for LA Physicians
UAPD Bargaining Unit 324 negotiations are slowly moving forward. Healthcare Reform may be the biggest social and economic development in decades, but the County has had little to say about a comprehensive strategy for recruitment and retention of Bu 324 doctors. How...
LA Physicians in Bargaining
Los Angeles County Physicians (324) are at the table this month. One of the ways that an employer gauges the strength of a union during bargaining is by its membership rate -- the percentage of people who have chosen to sign an application to become full members...