Doctors Council SEIU

DOCTORS COUNCIL ULP STRIKE UPDATE: Last Scheduled Bargaining Session Between Allina and Doctors Council-SEIU Ends With No Deal, Historic 1-Day Strike To Commence at 7:30 AM Wednesday

“@AllinaHealth continues to propose pay cuts and ignore the staffing crisis hurting our patients, Our plan for a one-day ULP strike on November 5th remains unchanged.”

Providers are fighting for the future of primary care and to reverse the growing healthcare crisis in MN.

News from Doctors Council: Allina Doctors Council Union Members Announce 10-Day Notice for What Could Be Largest ULP Strike of Unionized Doctors

After 20 months of bargaining, we are standing up for patients, respect, and a voice in how care is delivered.
600 Allina doctors, PAs & NPs with DoctorsCouncil SEIU have filed a 10-day notice for an Unfair Labor Practice STRIKE!

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MGB is turning to AI to ease shortage of primary care doctors. Some of them don’t like it. - The Boston Globe Several providers said the app — which questions patients, reviews medical records, and produces a list of potential diagnoses — sidesteps real solutions.

Instead of investing in recruiting and supporting PCPs, MGB is outsourcing primary care to AI and corporate vendors. This is a model for corporatized care that normalizes lower standards.

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Thank you for standing with us in our fight to demand MGB respect our decisive union yes vote and meet us at the bargaining table!

Trump rolling back climate protections like greenhouse gas regulations puts workers and their families at risk, all to pad the profits of the ultra-wealthy.

We demand a future where health, safety, and dignity come before corporate greed. No compromises. 🌎✊🏽

Petition to Reinstate University Hospitals Pediatricians Fired for Union Push Gains Steam "Our ability to stay speak up without retaliation and speak up effectively on behalf of the challenges to patient care that we encounter on a daily basis is what we're really fighting for," one told S...

“Silencing doctors is silencing patients.”

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Allina health care providers vote to authorize strike if contract isn't reached A 90% majority of doctors, physicians' assistants and nurse practitioners represented by Doctors Council - SEIU voted last week to authorize a strike. They would have to file a 10-day notice before hi...

Doctors Council members @AllinaHealth are demanding a fair first contract! “We voted so strongly to authorize a strike because we are frustrated that we aren’t seeing movement on issues that matter most to our membership”

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BREAKING — MINNESOTA –  @AllinaHealth doctors, physicians’ assistants, and nurse practitioners who are members of Doctors Council - SEIU voted with 90% support for a Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike if the two sides cannot reach a deal.

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Patients should ‘vote with their feet’ if UH continues punitive response to unionization efforts UH leadership needs to be held accountable for its shameful attempts to stifle physician unionization efforts. If UH does not change course, its tax-exempt status should be challenged, and its patient...

“Patients should ‘vote with their feet’ if UH continues punitive response to unionization efforts”

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We support Dr. Lauren Beene and Dr. Valerie Fouts-Fowler in their fight to do what is right for their patients and provide them with the best care possible. Retaliations won't stop the fight. PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION OF SUPPORT.

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Allina Health’s Unionized Doctors Hold First Ever Info Pickets!

Doctors and Advanced Practice Providers with Doctors Council, SEIU held informational pickets across the Twin Cities metro area today to push to win a fair first contract for both themselves and their patients. FAIR CONTRACT NOW!

Twin Cities doctors, nurses to picket June 3-4 as progress stalls on contract campaigns Unionized doctors and nurses escalate their contract campaigns at Allina and other local health systems.

“Newly organized doctors, physicians’ assistants and nurse practitioners at Allina Health clinics and urgent cares will hold picketing June 3 from 6 to 7 a.m. at four locations: Bloomington, Coon Rapids, Maplewood and West St. Paul.”

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Primary care doctors at MGB vote to join union, but health system is challenging its makeup - The Boston Globe Primary care physicians at Mass General Brigham overwhelmingly voted to unionize on Friday, 183 to 26, in the latest sign of mounting frustration with work conditions at the state’s largest health sys...

“By a tally of 183 to 26, the physicians decided to join the Doctors Council of the Service Employees International Union.”

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Historic win: In a landslide 88% #unionyes vote, Mass General Brigham primary care docs vote overwhelmingly to unionize! Despite MGB’s delays, physicians are ready to rebuild primary care & put patients first. It's time for MGB to respect the vote.

‘We’re losing doctors every day’: As Mass General Brigham primary care doctors vote on union, effort is slowed by Trump - The Boston Globe If the physicians vote "yes," it would mark the first time that primary care doctors have organized a union chapter in Massachusetts. But an appeal from the health system is likely to put the matter i...

“We have, drip by drip, lost resources and investment that had been given to primary care over the years,” said Dr. Michael Barnett, a primary care doctor at Brigham and a union organizer. “We are just a chopping block when they need to save money.”

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Allina doctors union announces plan for first-ever picket A recently-formed union for doctors at Allina Health has announced its first-ever picket next week.

Word is getting out! Doctors Council providers at Allina Health are planning their first picket to demand a fair first contract!
From Fox 9: Allina doctors union announces plan for first-ever picket.

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Doctors and APPs from Allina Health in MN, members of Doctors Council-SEIU announced their 1st info picket in the push to win a fair first contract for both themselves and their patients. Listen to Dr. Matt Hoffman, Family Medicine, Vadnais Heights discuss why doctors made this important decision.

Providers represented by Doctors Council SEIU at Allina Health have been bargaining for a fair first contract for over a year, demanding a better future for their patients and the communities they serve.

I’m a Brooklyn ER Doctor And Lives Are on The Line Op-Ed: Every day, I walk into the emergency department of Woodhull Hospital, where I work, and see the face of America’s healthcare crisis. Congress members: don’t make cuts to Medicaid as the program...

“When Medicaid is under threat, so are our lives.”

This Brooklyn ER doctor gets it—cuts to Medicaid don’t just hurt budgets, they hurt people. Congress must listen to those on the frontlines of care. #ProtectMedicaid @doctorscouncilseiu.bsky.social

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I’m a Brooklyn ER Doctor And Lives Are on The Line Op-Ed: Every day, I walk into the emergency department of Woodhull Hospital, where I work, and see the face of America’s healthcare crisis. Congress members: don’t make cuts to Medicaid as the program...

From Doctors Council SEIU Secretary, ER Physician at H+H Woodhull, and south Brooklyn resident, Dr. Lawrence Rezkalla voices concerns over Medicaid cuts.

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Providers represented by Doctors Council at Allina Health want to improve their services and see real investment in primary care. For over a year they have been bargaining for a fair first contract, demanding a better future for the communities they serve and their colleagues.

Providers represented by Doctors Council at Allina Health are currently at the bargaining table fighting for a fair 1st contract, their patients, and the communities they serve.

Amid union vote, Mass General Brigham to invest nearly $400 million in primary care - The Boston Globe The state’s largest health care system said Monday that it plans to invest the money over the next five years.

“I attribute this entirely to MGB reacting to the threat of the primary care physicians union” Doctors at MGB are voting UNION YES to have a voice in patient care and not let hospital executives unilaterally dictate how they serve their communities.

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Doctors Council SEIU proudly makes NYC citywide endorsements for 2025!

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Doctors Council is proud to endorse PC4Youin Massachusetts.

More people will be able to get timely care without worrying about whether they can afford it.

Add your name to the Open Letter to Governor Healey

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Empowering Physicians Through Collective Action: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians | Annals of Internal Medicine Physicians are increasingly frustrated with the nation’s health care system. The erosion of the patient–physician relationship, diminished clinical independence, the mounting burden of administrative ...

“ACP supports the right of physicians to engage in collective bargaining activities that improve patient care, patient–physician relationship, and physician well-being.”

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Labor Board Ruling Sides with Union Against Mass General Brigham The National Labor Relations Board has rejected the health system's bargaining unit objection.

"We have had a very limited voice in the decisions over the years, and it has gotten worse," Tseng said. "We want to be able to represent the patients and the clinical staff that we work with."

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400 Mass General Brigham physicians cleared for union vote - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis The National Labor Relations Board has sided with primary care physicians at Mass General Brigham’s Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s hospitals by allowing the proposed 400-member bargaini...

“MGB tried to delay, divide, and discourage us — but we stayed united,” Kristen Gunning, MD

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