Over 1,300 unionized resident physicians at three Los Angeles hospitals will hold a strike vote next week amid a bargaining impasse with L.A. County.
“We have been bargaining now for over six months … But they [L.A. County] have continuously canceled meetings with us, have come unprepared to several meetings, have not given us any meaningful proposals [in response] to our economic proposals. And that is why we now believe that we are justified in doing a strike vote for this unfair labor practice.”
“We're doctors, and people see us with white coats, so they think we make what you would think a doctor makes," Alvarado said."But in residency, if you divide by the number of hours we work, which is about 80 hours a week, we actually make about minimum wage, if not less than minimum wage." Labor negotiations with the county are handled by the L.A. County Chief Executive Office. In a written response the CEO's office said:
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