LA County psychiatrists& dentists (325)
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Your Contract
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Employee Benefits
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Doctors United For Our Patients
More information on bargaining with Los Angeles County.
recent news
Letter From UAPD President Bussey to Los Angeles Doctors
Dear Los Angles Physicians, Members of BU 324 overwhelming ratified the tentative agreement reached between the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) and Los Angeles County in August. The new contract for LA County physicians will go into effect pending...
Worker Outcry Leads to Change in Napa Alarm Policy
After a patient tried to choke a worker Wednesday with the lanyard holding a new alarm, the facility will now allow employees to wear them on a belt-loop clip. The attack on a psychiatric technician demonstrated with eerie precision the risk that employees had warned...
Doctors Object to Faulty Alarm System
"You don't wear a tie if you're working with patients on a psychiatric unit. Now everyone is going to have the equivalent of a tie," said Dr. Richard Frishman, a psychiatrist and member of the union-based Safety Now Coalition who, like many staff members, has been...
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Every year UAPD sponsors and endorses state legislature bills that are beneficial to working doctors and those they care for.
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Know Your Rights
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