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Contact Information

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Your Contract

Also known as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), this sets your salary, benefits, and many working conditions.

Membership Application

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Employee Benefits

Unionized workers in Los Angeles County work together to negotiate the best benefits package for all.  Download as PDF.

Voluntary Benefits

UAPD members have an opportunity to purchase long and short term disability coverage and other types of plans at an affordable rate. Sign up to speak to a benefits counselor.

Doctors United For Our Patients

More information on bargaining with Los Angeles County.

recent news

Come to the Annual Meeting and Free CME

All UAPD members are invited to the 2013 Annual Meeting and Free CME on October 26th in San Francisco.   Not a member?  Join UAPD today. Register for CME and the Annual Meeting here. This year's meeting promises to be both productive and entertaining.  Some highlights...

Union Doctor Vacancies

Thinking about changing jobs?  Know someone who might be interested in working as a physician, dentist, or psychiatrist in a UAPD represented facility?  Many agencies are recruiting doctors, and UAPD can help those who are applying for these jobs.  Check out job...

Deane Hillsman Obituary

For more than a quarter of a century, Deane Hillsman was the conscience of the UAPD.  Whenever a physician whistleblower got into trouble for telling the truth about an important medical issue, Dr. Hillsman would stand up to support the doctor regardless of how...

Legislative Advocacy

Every year UAPD sponsors and endorses state legislature bills that are beneficial to working doctors and those they care for.

Legal Expertise

UAPD stewards and staff get advice and support from experienced labor attorneys.

Know Your Rights

Union members have the right to union representation at any meeting with management that they reasonably believe may lead to discipline. These are called Weingarten Rights.

You can save thousands of dollars on products and services by taking advantage of discounts provided to union members by Union Plus and AFSCME Advantage.

As the year progressed, our members demanded to have a stronger voice in health decisions affecting their patients, especially concerning public health decisions.

– UAPD President Stuart Bussey, MD, JD

With greater strength and diversity comes an opportunity and responsibility to comment upon health issues that affect our members, their patients, and the public in general.

– UAPD President Stuart A. Bussey, MD, JD

Traditional physician interactions are being altered in this 21st-century pandemic.

– UAPD President Stuart A. Bussey, MD, JD