Our Press Release: Resident Physicians and Fellows at University of Maryland Medical Center Petition for Union Recognition
Baltimore, MD - Resident physicians and fellows at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) delivered a petition to the President and CEO of the institution declaring their intention to form a union and expressing their desire to begin collective bargaining. This action follows years of organizing
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Ari Goldstein, a member of the union’s organizing committee, said the group delivered a letter to the medical center’s management Thursday afternoon asking for recognition. Organizers said they had a brief, congenial meeting with management after delivering the letter.
“We’re one of the main engines that make the hospital work, along with nurses, along with techs,” Goldstein said. “The hospital has to have us to function.”
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“We are asking for voluntary recognition because we know that we have a large supermajority of residents and we have a large cohort that’s in support,” said Dr. Sylvia Lane, a second-year resident physician in internal medicine and pediatrics. “We would love to have the hospital go along and acknowledge us right away, but if we do need to go to the NLRB for an election, I think we have a really strong amount of residents who are on board.”
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“We work tirelessly to support each other and our patients and deserve to be heard. We demand better for not only ourselves, but for everyone we serve as well,” resident Ari Goldstein said in a news release.