We won!
With great joy, we announce that Stanford residents and fellows have overwhelmingly voted to unionize, with 835 yes votes (80% of all votes cast) and a 73% turnout (1049/1442 eligible voters). We… Read More »We won!
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Can’t we just go through the normal GME channels?
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?
How can we avoid tensions between departments, which already exist in our hospital and are harmful to teamwork?
Organizing a union is all about building community and solidarity. Currently the majority of interactions between housestaff are in the settings of consults and admissions, often in the middle of… Read More »How can we avoid tensions between departments, which already exist in our hospital and are harmful to teamwork?
Why we’re unionizing – from your fellow housestaff
Debunking misleading statements and focusing in on why we need to harness our collective voice for real change. Dear Residents and Fellows of Stanford Health Care, As your GME Council… Read More »Why we’re unionizing – from your fellow housestaff
Residency is supposed to be hard – shouldn’t we just suck it up?
Resident salaries have been consistently falling over the last 40+ years in terms of cost of living – residents today have 29% less disposable income after correcting for inflation than… Read More »Residency is supposed to be hard – shouldn’t we just suck it up?
I’m pretty happy/I’m graduating soon – why should I support a union?
We need everyone’s support to give all housestaff a voice. Working conditions may not be the same in all programs, and may not always stay the same. Residency/fellowship experiences can… Read More »I’m pretty happy/I’m graduating soon – why should I support a union?
Is CIR a third party?
How do we really know OUR interests will be represented? Our union is led by housestaff – not CIR staff. The union organizing effort at Stanford was initiated by housestaff… Read More »Is CIR a third party?
What is a housestaff union?
A union is a group of workers who use their collective strength/voice to bargain for better working conditions. A union gives us more power and leverage to effect changes on… Read More »What is a housestaff union?
What can we bargain for?
We are unionizing to have a stronger voice and federally protected right to bargain about issues that matter to us, our colleagues, and our patients. The individual issues are up… Read More »What can we bargain for?