A new generation of doctors struggling with ever-increasing workloads and crushing student debt is helping drive unionization efforts in a profession that historically hasn't organized. | Article by Tina Reed at Axios.
When Dr. Zoe Tseng explains why she decided to help start a union of primary care physicians at Mass General Brigham — and join a wave of doctors organizing nationwide — she recounts what happened in 2023 at the Newton medical practice where she had worked for a decade. | Article By Jonathan Saltzman at The Boston Globe
As recently as the early 80s, about three of every four doctors in the U.S. worked for themselves, owning small clinics. Today, some 75 percent of physicians are employees of hospital systems or large corporate entities. Some worry the trend is leading to diminished quality of care and is one reason doctors at a large Midwestern health provider decided to unionize. | By Fred de Sam Lazaro at PBS News Hour
The physicians, at Allina Health in Minnesota and Wisconsin, appear to be the largest group of unionized doctors in the private sector. | Article by By Noam Scheiber of New York Times | Photo by Jenn Ackerman of the New York Times
