BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Nearly 830 resident physicians at the University at Buffalo walked off the job Tuesday and plan on striking for four days. They're demanding better compensation, benefits, and working conditions. Earlier this year, billboards on the 190 in...
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First day on strike for UB medical residents and fellows
Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - Tuesday marked Day 1 of a weeklong strike outside of Oishei Children's Hospital, as hundreds of University at Buffalo medical residents and fellows are fighting for livable wages. "When I found out these guys were making $58,000 a year at the...
The strike begins: UB resident doctors plan to ‘stand our ground’ in 4-day work stoppage
When University at Buffalo resident doctors and fellows formed a union in early 2023, Dr. Eun Beattie recalls that many of them "started out pretty scared" of speaking out against long-established training programs with grueling schedules that many physicians have...
UB physicians to begin strike Tuesday
Labor contract negotiations with UMRS fail to reach agreement pending planned four-day strike Over 800 UB resident physicians will begin a four-day strike on Tuesday as labor contract negotiations to increase salaries and improve working conditions failed to reach an...
UB medical residents begin 4-day strike after employer doesn’t respond to union proposal
University at Buffalo medical residents began a four-day strike at midnight after the Union of American Physicians and Dentists was informed Monday evening by University Resident Medical Services, representing UB and area hospitals, that it wouldn't respond to the...
Medical residents in UB-affiliated hospitals prepared to go on four-day strike
About 830 medical residents who work in University at Buffalo-affiliated hospitals are set to go on a four-day strike after midnight Tuesday, even as negotiations between their union and employer continued Monday. Union negotiators made “a little bit of progress” with...