Well, this has been hard to write. As three of the housestaff organizers (Grant, Jessie, and Lawrence), we also served as your GME Council housestaff representatives for the past year.… Read More »Can’t we just go through the normal GME channels?
We did it! Stanford housestaff have overwhelmingly voted to ratify our historic first union contract! With the majority of members voting, 99.7% voted YES! See the draft of the full… Read More »Contract ratified!
After our federal mediation session on 12/6, your bargaining team is excited to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with SHC management at the bargaining table. What is… Read More »Tentative agreement reached!
We are back with a BIG bargaining update, and we’re so excited to share the details with you. WE ARE SO CLOSE! First our wins! CIR officially reached tentative agreements on… Read More »Updates – first federal mediation session
As of mid-October 2023, bargaining sessions between our union and SHC will be led by a federal mediator. What does federal mediation mean? The negotiating parties (CIR and SHC) will… Read More »What is Federal Mediation?
During our 6/29 bargaining session, Stanford representatives finally delivered their counter-proposals to our economic package, telling us bargaining is about “meeting in the middle. If that is true, why do… Read More »Stanford insults us with their economic response
Unity break success! Thank you to everyone who was able to attend and show support at our unity break on May 17. We had nearly 250 housestaff in attendance, as… Read More »Unity break success!
Several months ago we were invited to speak at this month’s School of Medicine Faculty Senate meeting to help answer faculty’s questions about our union and why we unionized. We… Read More »Stanford Daily – Motivations for unionization among Stanford resident and fellow physicians
What: A unity break is where we stand in solidarity with not only our fellow housestaff, but other healthcare workers and community/political allies. A unity break is not a strike or… Read More »What’s a unity break?
You may notice a vague reference on Medhub about an “Enclosed Notice to Employees”. What this actually means is that Stanford committed an Unfair Labor Practice by refusing to send… Read More »Stanford violates federal labor law
In the C-suite perched high atop the 3rd floor gardens and physically separated from the hospital, a group of residents delivered hundreds of “love letters” on Valentine’s Day to Stanford… Read More »What would you love to see in your contract?
