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Articles and Media Coverage

• Resident and Fellow Unions: Collective Activism to Promote Well-being for Physicians in Training (PDF) (JAMA) – op-ed by some of our organizing members on how unionization supports fulfilling and sustainable careers and better patient care.
• How much are resident physicians worth? – The Sheriff of Sodium
  • In 2019, the UNM neurosurgery program lost accreditation, resulting in the loss of eight neurosurgery residents. The university had two hire twenty-three APPs to replace them – meaning it required 3 paid professionals (each costing twice as much as a resident) to replace the clinical work done by each resident. 
  • (Bryan Carmody on union-busting)
• To fight burnout, organize. (NEJM)
• The pandemic has ignited a wave of resident unionization. (Medscape, joint op-ed between Stanford and Greater Lawrence organizing residents)
• Medical Residents Unionize Over Pay, Working Conditions. (WSJ, interview with CIR members including three Stanford housestaff organizing residents)
• Stanford residents, fellows secure historic agreement after 13 months of negotiations. (Palo Alto Online, describing our historic wins of our first contract!)
  • The agreement includes a 21% increase in compensation and access to full-funded ride-share services.

Other links

• A surprisingly good feed on the labor movement, even if it is from a cat
• OG linktree – “we can’t get what we need unless we all demand what we deserve” (share with your friends who are thinking about unionizing!)