Power to Achieve More
United together in SEIU Healthcare, we fight for excellence for ourselves, our patients, and our profession through organizing, collective bargaining and advocacy.
These are some of the victories doctors have won by forming their union with SEIU:
Taking Care of Our Patients
- Improved patient care
- Physician-community partnerships
- Advocacy in support of high-quality, affordable healthcare for all
- Defend our patient care funds
- Service for patients in high-need communities
- Partner with other unions and medical organizations
Taking Care of Ourselves
- Better wages, including “bump up” clauses to increase wages of existing doctors to maintain equity
- Better working conditions
- Fertility benefits
- Healthcare coverage for dependents
- Increased access to additional benefits for members, including mental health
- A voice on the job
- Ride share stipends after long shifts
- Meal stipends
- Focus on physician well-being
- Flexible compensation pool to address doctor retention, market changes and pay disparities
Advancing as a Profession
- Collaboration councils where doctors and management work together fixing problems and improving care
- License and exam reimbursements
- Legal protection and due process at work
- Provide templates for superior contracts and structures to enforce them
- Leader development and opportunities to lobby leaders and elected officials
- Standardized rates across departments
- CME reimbursement increases