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Drive Underway to Unionize 10,000 Doctors on West Coast
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 July 28, 2026 | ORGANIZING | [...] The ills of the nation’s medical system, especially the privatization of hospitals and nursing homes, whose investors put profits over patients, are driving an increasing number of doctors to unionize. But it’s not just 500 MDs in Minnesota or several hundred more in Chicago. Now, the Service Employees’ sector, SEIU Doctors United, is pursuing unionization of 10,000 doctors at the University of California medical system. The union [unveiled] its campaign at an afternoon press conference on July 23 at San Francisco General Hospital. MDs at the University of California, San Francisco [shared] their frustrations with the medical system. The object of the organizing drive is “to give doctors a voice in health care decisions and to protect patient care.” But even unionizing may not solve all the ills caused by the financialization of health care. Continued at People’s World Why this matters… PHOTO/KQED NEWS
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