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recent news
Many LA County Grievances Settled in Favor of Doctors
UAPD staff and stewards in Los Angeles County have been hard at work enforcing the UAPD contract. In recent months, several grievances have been settled in favor of UAPD doctors. For example: A Long Beach Comprehensive Health Center (CHC) physician filed a grievance...
UAPD Doctors Denounce Safety Crisis at ASH
Doctors at a second state psychiatric hospital have complained that staffing shortages are so severe that the care of patients and safety of workers are at risk. In an April 19 letter to state hospital officials, psychiatric staffers at Atascadero State Hospital raise...
Trial Lawyers Launch Campaign to Remove MICRA Caps
Consumer Attorneys of California, representing trial lawyers, paid $6,635 to install the billboard. It is part of a coalition committed to spending $1 million in pushing to eliminate the $250,000 cap, said Eric Bailey, spokesman for trial lawyers... Lisa Maas,...
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