As many of you know, a significant number of LA County-employed doctors receive a paycheck from the county and a separate stipend payment from either UCLA or USC. Those stipends are funded by monies paid by the county to each university, and the universities control...
Los Angeles County Psychiatrists and Dentists
LA County Contract Goes Into Effect
The MOU covering Los Angeles County doctors, overwhelmingly ratified by LA County UAPD members on February 22nd, was finally approved by the LA County Board of Supervisors on May 27th. The wage increases set forth by the agreement are retroactive to January 1, 2008,...
Details of New Los Angeles Agreement
The LA County contract ratified on February 22, 2008, provides: General Salary Increase – Each physician in the UAPD bargaining unit will receive a 3% salary increase retroactive to January 1, 2008 and an additional 3% salary increase effective January 1, 2009. New...
Agreement Overwhelmingly Ratified by Members!
On February 22nd, UAPD members ratified a new contract with Los Angeles County, with 96% voting in favor of agreement. The new contract will protect the pension benefits of currently employed physicians and significantly increase salaries for years to come. The...
Los Angeles County Doctors Unionize!
After winning a successful card authorization campaign, the UAPD was officially certified as the sole representative for Los Angeles County physicians on September 24th, 2007. Almost seven hundred physician specialists and physicians comprise the bargaining unit. On...
Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Approves $10.1 Million Dollar Back Pay Settlement for LA County Physicians
On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $10.1 million dollar back pay settlement negotiated between the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) and Los Angeles County that will be distributed among 670 County...