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Doctors United For Our Patients
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recent news
UC Makes Unreasonable Offer to Doctors
The UAPD Bargaining Team had two negotiation sessions with the University last week. UC raised their initial 1.5% across-the-board salary offer to 2%, but said their offer is still for the first year only. In the subsequent three contract years, raises for student...
Message from UAPD’s AHS Bargaining Committee
Your UAPD Committee has been meeting with AHS Management weekly since August to negotiate a new contract for the UAPD physicians and dentists. So far, we have proposed improvements to tuition reimbursement; increased educational leave; board certification fee...
Receiver’s CDCR Layoff Memo Was Premature
Some Physicians working within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation have received a memorandum from Receiver Clark Kelso regarding the reduced inmate population and the possibility of layoffs within California Correctional Health Care Services...
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