A labor union that represents some 7,000 licensed doctors and advanced-practice clinicians nationwide is on the cusp of forming in Colorado Springs. Leaders of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists announced during a press conference Monday that they had at...
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Medical providers for Peak Vista Community Health Centers file paperwork to unionize
COLORADO SPRINGS — Medical providers for Peak Vista Community Health Centers in Colorado Springs have filed the paperwork to unionize. That union has also filed a labor charge against Peak Vista, claiming it fired or retaliated against at least six employees. Read...
Medical providers at Peak Vista, one step closer to unionizing after firings, alleged retaliation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- A consortium of medical providers, formerly employed by Peak Vista, announced they are ever closer to forming a formal union under the Union of American Physicians and Dentists. A federal charge was filed two weeks ago, alleging...
Federal labor charges filed against Peak Vista Community Health Centers
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Peak Vista Community Health Center, a nonprofit medical organization with 22 locations that serve roughly 81,000 patients in Colorado’s Pikes Peak and East Central regions, is facing allegations of unfair labor practices within the National...
‘What do I do now,’ mother of three in Colorado Springs left to find a new pediatrician with no notice
COLORADO SPRINGS — A mother of three is left to find a new pediatrician after hers was allegedly fired without cause. Federal labor charges have been filed against Peak Vista Community Health Centers. It has left healthcare workers without jobs and patients scrambling...
Doctors union preparing for region-wide hospital strike
More than 800 resident doctors in the Buffalo area will go on strike September 4 and 5, in an effort to improve pay and benefits. Local resident doctors are voicing their grievances over low wages, with some making what amounts to around $15 an hour over an 80-hour...