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State of California BU 16

Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your UAPD representative.

Your Contract

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

Membership Application

Membership is what gives our union power. You must submit an application to be a member of UAPD.

Employee Benefits

Additional information about your healthcare, retirement, and other benefits.

CalHR

Additional information and documents can be found at the CalHR website.

recent news

UAPD Doctors Will Not Be Furloughed

All doctors in UAPD''s Bargaining Unit 16 have been excluded from the new round of furloughs announced by Governor Schwarzenegger on July 28th. The new plan does not impose furloughs on members of the six bargaining units that have ratified tentative agreements with...

UAPD Continues to Fight UC Takeover of Corrections Healthcare

UC Davis Doctor Speaks Out Against NuPhysicia Plan In an op-ed in the California Progress Report, Dr. Richard Pan, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of California, Davis, explains why the proposed deal is bad for UC, prison inmates, and...

Tentative Agreement Reached

The UAPD Bargaining Team reached a TA with the State of California on June 25th. Ballots and a detailed summary of the agreement were paper mailed to all UAPD members in Bargaining Unit 16 on July 1st. Ballots are due back at the UAPD Oakland office on July 22nd at 5...

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