Doctors at University of California health clinics go on strike

[Omaha Steve]

Source: LA Times

By JOE MOZINGO

Unionized doctors began a strike Saturday at student health clinics on University of California campuses in Southern California, saying administrators had acted unfairly during negotiations for the physicians' first contract.

Doctors and dentists in Northern California started the rolling walkout Thursday morning at five Northern and Central California campuses -- Berkeley, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Davis and Merced.

The health professionals on Saturday walked out of UCLA, San Diego, Irvine, Riverside and Santa Barbara, and picketed at UCLA. The strikes are also scheduled for Monday and Tuesday.

Union members say the strike is in protest of the UC administration refusing to provide financial information that they need to negotiate contracts and bolster health center resources.

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[McCamy Taylor]

1. Pay may not be the problem. If you do not have the resources to provide quality care

then the salary does not matter. Let's hear the physicians' side of the story.

[Yo_Mama]

2. It seems so

Union members say the strike is in protest of the UC administration refusing to provide financial information that they need to negotiate contracts and bolster health center resources.

"We asked how they could provide the chancellors with 20% raises and they won't provide adequate resources to student healthcare services," said Dr. Charles McDaniel, a UCLA psychiatrist.