In recent years the best strategy for many county bargaining units has been to rollover the current contract rather than negotiate a new one, assuming the employer agrees to do so. While extending a contract generally means no new salary increases, it also means no...
Oon May 16th, UAPD was dismayed to learn that San Francisco’s First District Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision in favor of UAPD on the issue of furloughs. In a case first filed in 2009, UAPD argued that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had not received...
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Speaking on behalf of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, UAPD President Dr. Stuart Bussey responded: "We are pleased that OSHA has issued these fines against the Department of Mental Health, but frankly, it's not enough. $100,000 is peanuts compared to a...
UAPD-represented doctors and other union members contributed to a hard-hitting, two-part special report about Napa State Hospital violence, which is being broadcast nationally on National Public Radio (NPR). You can listen to Day 1 or Day 2 of the report by veteran...
Reprinted from CalPERSresponds.com | January 26, 2011 CalPERS earned a 12.5 percent net return on investments for the 2010 calendar year. The solid net returns mark the second straight calendar year of double-digit gains for the nation’s largest public pension fund....