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Your Contract

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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

Register for the UAPD Triennial Convention

All union members are invited to the UAPD Triennial Convention and 40th Anniversary Celebration in San Francisco on November 2-3, 2012. To attend, send back the registration form that has been mailed to your home or REGISTER ONLINE HERE.  Exact event times are listed...

San Francisco Doctors Win Salary Increases

In San Francisco, the UAPD Bargaining Team  emerged from two days of binding arbitration with a terrific new contract for City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) doctors.  The Agreement was ratified by UAPD members then approved by the San Francisco Board of...

Bargaining Unit 16 Reaches New Agreement with State

After several meetings, UAPD  reached a side-letter agreement with the State of California regarding the 2012-2013 budget.  Because the overwhelming majority of UAPD members who participated in the online survey and telephone town hall meeting said they preferred...

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.

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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