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Union of American Physicians and Dentists: United for Patients
SIGN THE MULTICARE INDIGO URGENT CARE CLINICS PETITION
Indigo physicians, advanced registered nurse practitioners, and physician assistants are calling on their patients and the communities they serve to join an online petition that calls on MultiCare to ensure its Indigo Urgent Care clinics across Washington provide safe work conditions for employees and patients.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers are working the front lines to keep your community safe and healthy. This has become increasingly difficult to achieve at MultiCare’s Indigo Urgent Care clinics as employees are overworked and understaffed — and work at clinics that do not provide sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) for their employees.
“If MultiCare truly cared about their employees and patients, their clinic workers would be provided adequate personal protective equipment (PPE). Work conditions would improve. No employee should have to work 12-hour plus shifts with no break and in the middle of a pandemic, only to be furloughed at MultiCare’s whim. During this COVID-19 pandemic, employees deserve the same respect and appreciation they receive on a daily basis from their patients. It is time for MultiCare to place the interests of healthcare providers and patients before profit.”
Dr. Amir Atabeygi
Indigo Physician
Attention MultiCare Board of Directors:
Please show your appreciation for the physicians and providers who place the health of their patients first. If MultiCare hopes to retain the finest to serve on the front lines during the pandemic, MultiCare must treat their workers with what they deserve: respect, safe work conditions, and an employment contract that ensures job security for their families.
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Labor Negotiations Stall Between MultiCare and Indigo Urgent Care Doctors
Founded by a private practice physician in 1972, over the last forty years the Union of American Physicians and Dentists has grown into the largest union representing licensed doctors in the United States. Affiliated with AFSCME and the AFL-CIO, UAPD is proud to bring the strength of the labor movement to the aid of working doctors in the interest of better healthcare for all. www.UAPD.com
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