A coalition of clinicians will join the Doctors Council, seeking to bargain for improved staffing and working conditions.
Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit.More than 550 physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners across 60 clinics at Allina Health Primary Care and Urgent Care voted to unionize in an unusual partnership.SEIU, Local 10MD. Doctors Council is the largest union for attending physicians in the country, now with more than 4000 members.
Allina Health, which has resisted unionization efforts across its system, released a statement saying that while they were disappointed in the outcome of the vote, they"remain committed to our ongoing work to create a culture where all employees feel supported and valued. Our focus now is on moving forward to ensure the best interests of our employees, patients, and the communities we serve.
Although the pandemic made things worse, inadequate staffing predates the crisis, organizers said. They argue that consolidation of medical groups and hospitals has led healthcare organizations to scrimp on staffing and demand productivity at the expense of patient care and the mental health of providers.
The prospects for collective bargaining in healthcare look promising. The same day the Allina vote was announced, 75,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanentethat included, in addition to wage increases, a commitment on the part of Kaiser to fully staff all positions and to involve workers in improving patient care, according to Doctors Council.
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