Photo Credit: Jim Weber La Familia Health providers represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists have reached an agreement with the health care organization nearly nine months after providers voted in favor of unionizing, the two parties announced...
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Step Up to Keep La Familia Going
In the past few months, we have seen this important care facility rocked by employee unrest and doctors and dentists so upset by management action several quit. The ones who remained have voted to establish a union. Nineteen physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners...
Doctors, Nurses and Dentists at Four Santa Fe Clinics Win Union Election
Photo by Austin Fisher / Source NM UAPD President Dr. Stuart A. Bussey said the nearly unanimous vote by nearly all providers speaks to their strong desire to refocus La Familia back to high quality patient care and stem workers from leaving. “We hope the union...
La Familia Health Dismisses CEO After Union is Established
La Familia’s 19 physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners and midwives this week became a bargaining unit represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, under the umbrella of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, more...
Show up Sunday, October 1, 2023, to Discuss Health Care Future
By Dr. Stuart Bussey, M.D., J.D. La Familia Medical Center is in trouble. The community health center which has provided primary medical care and served rich and poor from pregnancy through old age is in danger of failing. The many passionate doctors, nurse...
La Famila Health Medical Providers Form a Union
Photo by: Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican La Familia Health medical staff members have formed a union to counter what they describe as a “toxic environment” at an organization that takes care of patients regardless of income, insurance or legal status. Physicians,...