The 139 full-time physicians are employed by University Group Medical Associates, an affiliate of the public hospital system.
“With healthcare being targeted for cuts across the country and with many hospitals struggling or failing, doctors need to stand together more than ever and advocate for resources and funding for staffing and patient services,” Barry Liebowitz, MD, president of Doctors Council SEIU, said in the release.
Read the SEIU news release on unionized physicians.
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