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UAPD Updates

LA County Safe and Just Culture Policy

Los Angeles County Policy No. 311.4, as revised on July 1, 2016, states as its purpose:  “To build, maintain, and support a Safe and Just Culture at the Department of Health Services...A Safe and Just Culture is one in which safety is an individual and...

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Auburn Medical Center Bargaining Update

UAPD and MultiCare Health System met for the second day of negotiations on Thursday February 9.  Over the course of two bargaining sessions, UAPD had eight physician members directly participating  at the table. Over the course of these two dates, both...

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UAPD Takes On Contractors

UAPD won the first skirmish against the contracting agency Traditions Behavioral Health (TBH).  Last June, Alameda Health System (AHS) contracted out employed psychiatric hours at John George Psychiatric Emergency Services, hours represented by UAPD, to...

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State Doctors Weigh In on”Lift and Shift”

The Governor's Proposed Budget for the fiscal year 2017-2018 contains language to have the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the California Correctional Health Care System assume responsibility for psychiatric programs now run under the...

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Negotiations Update for Washington Doctors

Negotiations are beginning for your first contract at Auburn Medical Center.  The team is scheduled to meet with management the morning of January 26, 2017.  This first negotiation session will be to introduce the UAPD and AMC teams, discuss dates going...

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UAPD to State: No Deal

After two days of intense negotiations, the UAPD Bargaining Team must report that no deal has been reached with the State of California.  The offer put forward by the State did not adequately address the serious issues raised by our doctors, including high...

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