With corporate consolidation and a profit-driven mandate by healthcare systems, doctors are increasingly frustrated and feel that their voices haven't been heard enough when it comes to issues like workplace safety, working hours, and benefits, says Stuart Bussey, MD,...
The labor action by medical residents in Buffalo is the latest in the medical worker unionization wave sweeping the US. Around 100 picketers stood in front of Buffalo General Hospital on September 4, chanting and talking to reporters under the midday sun. They gripped...
Unity Health Care faces provider shortages as union talks continue, raising questions about the network’s ability to keep treating vulnerable patients. Tensions are on the rise again at the largest network of community health-care clinics in D.C., with doctors and...
Karra Barret and her son Bradley stood in solidarity with UB physicians and a particular resident who Karra says saved her son's life. BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo resident physicians concluded Day 3 of their strike. While they’re looking for better pay and...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - Wednesday marked the second day of striking for 829 UB medical residents, who are fighting not only for livable wages, but for benefits that are on par with what other medical residencies are getting offered in the area. ... The UB resident...
Cascade and Skagit Valley hospitals are understaffed, doctors say. They want more time with their patients ARLINGTON — At Cascade Valley Hospital in Arlington and Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, doctors often cater to a rotating door of patients — and the...