take action here! Send this email to UW Medicine Leadership to tell them we deserve these protections and compensation for the risks we have taken and continue to take as we care for patients during this pandemic. UW has received $113 million in federal stimulus awards related to COVID. This is funding that needs to be … Continue reading TAKE ACTION: Email UW Medicine Leadership
COVID MOU: RFPU-NW Members Meet with GME & Labor Relations
Last Friday, Sept. 24th RFPU-NW members and UW GME & Labor Relations met to bargain the extension of our COVID MOU, which expired on July 31, 2021. Original COVID MOU (expiration: 7/31/21) Labor Relations/GME Proposal (sent: 9/23/21) RFPU - NW Counterproposal (sent: 9/27/21) Labor Relations/GME Counterproposal (sent: 10/1/21)Most notably, our counterproposal includes a COVID Bonus … Continue reading COVID MOU: RFPU-NW Members Meet with GME & Labor Relations
COVID Protections
UPDATE: The COVID MOU was extended with a few updates on November 16, 2021. See here! To all our members, This week, we finalized negotiations for the COVID19 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This MOU is essentially a shorter, time limited version of a contract between the employer and our union. We began negotiating this MOU … Continue reading COVID Protections
UWHA Condemns the Firing of Dr. Ming Lin
The UWHA fully supports Dr. Ming Lin, a physician who fearlessly advocated for the safety of the staff and patients at PeaceHealth. Disturbingly, PeaceHealth and TeamHealth subsequently terminated him for speaking up. At hospitals across the country, there is a massive shortage of PPE, and many hospital protocols are haphazard, confusing, or even dangerous. When … Continue reading UWHA Condemns the Firing of Dr. Ming Lin
Resident & fellow physician union - northwest/CIR/SEIU 