Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
Resident physicians and fellows at the University of California (UC)—who are represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU (CIR/SEIU)—reached a tentative agreement on their first statewide contract with UC Health.
The 6,400-member bargaining unit began negotiations almost a year ago. After months of collective actions, the doctors won a contract that includes wage increases, preservation of fertility benefits, improved access to radiation exposure equipment, immigrant protections for patients and more.
“Resident working conditions are patient care conditions,” said Dr. Gloria Tavera, a UCSF gastroenterology fellow. “With a contract that covers all residents and fellows at the UC’s, we are more united than ever in ensuring that we keep the pressure on administration to ensure that the contract language is enforced – for our futures, for the futures of those coming up behind us, and for our patients’ futures.”