Join us for a New Member Town Hall so you can meet other incoming residents/fellows; learn about your new contract, benefits, and protections; and ask questions of current board members! Welcome to your new Union ✊
RSVP here: bit.ly/23NMTHs
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Hundreds of University of Washington Postdocs and Researchers are rallying right now for to stop breaking the law and bargain fair agreements! #FairContractsUW
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And we! Are! Off! Mary Gates Hall is packed with RSEs, Postdocs and community supporters who are here to demand fair contracts NOW!
#FairContractsUW #UWPostdocsRSEs #UWworksBCWeDo
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Great to have the hard data to back up what resident physicians and fellows have always known and experienced ourselves— that long hours are bad medicine.
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Are you ready ? Because we are!
See you tomorrow at the Fair Contracts NOW! Rally
#FairContractsUW #UWPostdocsRSEs #UWworksBCWeDo
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Here is a small but important protection won in our current contract, led by our Queer Caucus. This language is meant to ensure inclusion in gender expression, neutrality, and simply ease of movement. Email us at admin@rfpu.org with any questions.
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Every worker deserves a union.
Proud of the residents & fellow physicians of who are unionizing with .
I stand with you. ✊
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Look at us we passed a law! Thousands of student workers in WA at regional colleges and universities now have the right to form a union. The members of and are on a roll fighting for better workplace conditions and breaking barriers to workers' rights ✊
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Thanks for the shoutout, Dave! We couldn’t agree more. We’re here to hold those employers accountable, even if we have to bring our own chair to sit ✊
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Nothing but thankful for our union, @RFPU_NW. Anyone who’s afraid to give residents a seat at the bargaining table doesn’t have their best interest in mind. Healthy residents who are recognized as real people by their institutions provide the highest quality patient care.
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Individualistic, myopic MBA-style thinking here. Unionization among medical trainees isn’t just about their own professional interests and conditions. It’s a key step toward building collective power to force changes to our indefensible for-profit system of healthcare exclusion.
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We gathered to show that trainee docs will stand together against the biggest anti-union law firms—between shifts, after hours, and on our few days off—and we’ll win a union w/ the help of our community
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Economists & academics have continued to debunk the government argument that any above inflation public sector pay rises will increase inflation rates.
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Doctors & healthcare workers deserve to be paid what they are worth. We need your support in our fight for #PayRestoration
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Big #landlords and developers have been rightfully denied the ability to squeeze struggling #tenants. When we show up to vote for socialists, the billionaire class loses some of its grip on our city. Let's keep the pressure on!
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📢ACTION ALERT📢 Take a few seconds to send this letter to the urging them to vote YES tomorrow to cap late fees for renters to no more than $10/month ⬇️
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Seattle renters: If you haven't emailed City Council yet, please send an email now! Urge them to reverse their regressive amendment and vote YES to cap late rent fees at $10/month, not $50: mailchi.mp/seattle/this-t
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We're turning out en masse again with IN PERSON in 1 week for our Fair Contracts Now rally on April 24th @ 1pm in Mary Gates Hall. Everyone (including ASEs, Postdocs, Research Scientists, and more!) is welcome to attend. See you there!
RSVP: forms.gle/Hb6nwapGVhiH8M
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Physician reimbursement (15%) + hospital reimbursement (31%) + meds (9%) = 55% of all US healthcare expenditures ($2.4T)
Makes you wonder about the other 45% ($2T) ?
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1/ 🧵 NEW Paper.
We asked: Are there racial & ethnic differences in barriers to applying to & enrolling in med school and do those affect med school diversity?
TL;DR: Black & Hispanic students were less likely to apply & enroll and faced more barriers.
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Don't forget to vote in the King County Special Election!
⭐️ Register to vote by 4/17 online/mail, or 4/25 in-person!
⭐️ Submit your ballot by 4/25!
⭐️ Vote Yes on Prop 1 to support Crisis Care Centers in King County!
More info here: bit.ly/AprilSpecialEl
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Drs. and are co-authors on a study published in titled "That Line Just Kept Moving": Motivations and Experiences of People Who Use Methamphetamine''
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We'll be tabling by #UW tomorrow, in solidarity with UAW 4121 postdocs and research scientists! Learn more about #UW refusing to engage with the union, forcing a strike authorization vote. We'll be there from 12-2PM.
Want to volunteer? RSVP: zurl.co/OnxY
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🚨BIG NEWS!🚨 SB 525 has passed the Senate Labor Committee!
We are one step closer to tackling the healthcare staffing crisis and improving patient care for all Californians!
SB 525 will set a statewide $25/hour minimum wage for all healthcare workers.
#FairWages4Health
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1. Let’s presume everything about this study is correct (I think the design is flawed)….but, basically this would suggest at the very least that unionized programs are “just as bad” but you get more vacation time and housing stipend. Sounds like a win 1/
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Dobbs is already having the reverberating ripple effects we knew it would.
Providers will have less access to the comprehensive medical training they need and the increased shortage of OB/GYN services in rural communities will only lead to worse maternal & child health outcomes
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Post-Dobbs decision, US MD seniors applying for OB/GYN residencies were less likely to apply to programs in states with abortion bans
More in our brief here:
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HB 1110, the middle housing bill, passed on a big bipartisan vote of 35-14 in the Senate. 
Now the two chambers will have to decide how to proceed with two different bill versions. #Waleg @YesHomes4WA @jessdbateman @SenatorTrudeau
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Solidarity from across the pond!! Residents and fellows are with you in your fight ✊
#JuniorDoctorStrikes
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Day two - here we go! Don't forget to share your pictures and videos from wherever you're picketing today.
Show your support for #PayRestoration #JuniorDoctorStrikes
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Solidarity with the thousands of faculty and graduate workers on strike for a fair contract and better working conditions! We are here for your fight! ✊
#RUOnStrike #StrongerTogether #UnionStrong
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Good Morning @RutgersU! Its day 284 w/o a contract but it is also DAY ONE ON STRIKE! We are moved & motivated by the huge show of action & support from members, students, coworkers and partners in the community. TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG & WE WILL WIN a #FairContractNow! #RUOnSTRIKE
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Pedro Pascal as American Labor Organisations.
Join a #union.
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFL-CIO
@AFLCIO
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#1u #Labor #PedroPascal #PedroPascalAs
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Seattle Roastery mixologists just did a march on the boss with their main demand of credit card tipping and are now on a WALKOUT STRIKE!
Donate to the solidarity fund to support these workers gofundme.com/f/PNWStarbucks
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Meet your Union staff (with a nice, topical meme)! 👋
Holly Thompson (she/they), Contract Organizer and Administrative Manager. Holly works on comms, database management, benefits, events, and all things backend.
Learn more about Holly on our IG or FB!
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Meet your Union staff (with a nice, topical meme)! 👋
Bryce Walker (he/him), Contract Organizer and Membership Manager. Bryce handles grievances, leadership recruitment, union representation, and more.
Learn more about Bryce on our Instagram or Facebook!
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Next week junior doctors in England will take part in a 96-hour walkout to fight for #PayRestoration.
If you have concerns around any issues that may impact your ability to take part in these #JuniorDoctorsStrike please take a look at our guidance here: fal.cn/3xcBx
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Congratulations Trent!!! 🙌
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Very grateful to be given this research award through @uwlabmedpath ! Thankful to my faculty mentor @michi_shinohara and also Dr. Richard Mertens who started this award in honor of J. Bruce Beckwith. Also, congrats to the other awardee @MeaganMD2 !!!
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MEET YOUR AY23-24 UNION LEADERS!✊
Thank you to everyone who voted over this past week and participated in electing your Union's next group of leaders, advocates, and representatives. We are so excited to work with these amazing physicians next year. 2/2
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MEET YOUR AY23-24 UNION LEADERS! ✊
Thank you to everyone who voted over this past week and participated in electing your Union's next group of leaders, advocates, and representatives. We are so excited to work with these amazing physicians next year. 1/2
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UW fought tenaciously when our residency unionized. They hired an infamous union busting law firm. They claimed we were ineligible to unionize because we “were no different than students.”
MGH ought to set a good example & accept a resident union without waste & disrespect.
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Read my Globe Op Ed. MGB has the opportunity to set the example for residencies everywhere by recognizing our union! bostonglobe.com/2023/04/03/opi
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Today in union-busting news:
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the arguments laid out in this article are bizarre to me -- how exactly will unionizing prevent faculty from mentoring us? is helping us advance our careers contingent on our exploitation? bostonglobe.com/2023/04/03/opi
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Congratulations!!! We can’t wait to have you join the Union family ✊✊✊
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It's official! MGB Housestaff United has filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board!
We are voting YES!
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admin@rfpu.org for any and all questions, concerns, or issues. We will do everything within our power to fight what you deserve and are entitled to ✊
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just listened to a former @UW trainee tell an absolute horror story of mistreatment during her pregnancy. her program illegally violated the union contract but she didnt know to reach out to @RFPU_NW for help and she suffered in silence
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Understaffing, lack of support & corporatization are hurting emergency physicians and making potential doctors second guess the profession.
Hundreds of EM residency positions went unfilled this year. Critical care is in danger and we need to take action.
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srsly was asking for modest, evidence based pay raises to meet peers and COL and UW enterprise would say “look how many millions this would cost!” as if that wasn’t just an admission of how many millions they were underpaying and exploiting year after year
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