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 filed a grievance...
California Counties
Four Actions San Francisco Doctors Can Take
While City and County of San Francisco employees have made many sacrifices to get through the recession, Kaiser has banked over $2 billion in profits every year since 2009. And they still want more from San Francisco workers. UAPD and other unions are working with...
Mark Your Calendars for October 26, 2013
UAPD will hold its next round of membership events on Saturday, October 26th in San Francisco. In the morning UAPD members can attend a no-cost CME covering the aspects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that affect doctors most. After lunch there will be statewide...
UAPD Stands Up to Kaiser Rate Increases
The regular meeting of the San Francisco Health Service System (HSS) Board turned contentious as City employees and residents demanded that Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (Kaiser) offer HSS a rate reduction for the 2014 coverage year. HSS staff offered a...
UAPD Membership Meeting Update for Santa Clara Doctors
The UAPD Members met yesterday to discuss strategy for the upcoming negotiations between the Union and the County. Over 20 members attended and voiced their support of presenting a united front to the County warning the County that it cannot expect to continue salary...
NEVHC Providers Ratify First Contract with 19.25% in Raises
UAPD members have ratified the Agreement that was reached between the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) and the Northeast Valley Health Corporation (NEVHC) in February. UAPD Labor Representative Steve Cook and a team of NEVHC providers worked...