Hundreds of George Washington U. ‘Medical Residents Vote in Favor of Unionizing’
“The top issues medical residents and fellows plan to push for are securing workplace safety protections, better pay and benefits, as well as improved patient care conditions.”
There have been two large strikes in higher ed in the last few months that turned out very well for the strikers. That has to be part of what’s driving this.
WHAM News reports:
Hundreds of DC university medical residents vote in favor of unionizing
WJLA learned Sunday more than 450 residents employed by George Washington University have voted in favor of unionizing. Voting took place on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR), which is a local of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the largest union representing residents in the U.S., says in 2019 it represented over 17,000 residents and fellows and in 2023 now represents over 24,000.
CIR/SEIU also represents residents and fellows at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Howard University Hospital, and Children’s National.
The top issues medical residents and fellows plan to push for are securing workplace safety protections, better pay and benefits, as well as improved patient care conditions.
Medical professionals have complained of burnout, staffing shortags and worsening workplace conditions as the country recovers from the pandemic. The doctors complain of heavy demands and a salary of $64,000 a year.
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When you exploit a bunch of people hard enough, eventually they try to do something about it.
Now do Congressional staffers.
Medical residents are no longer working long hours. That is a myth. Today they do not take call, are limited in their patient load, have low standards of expertise and are well paid. At the local med school residents are paid nearly $60K/year.
So once again we see the decline of western civilization. IT’s just too hard to be good at something so we make it easier and pay people more than they are worth.
Umm, as a recently retired med school faculty, we can still work them long hour.s Not as long as the past however. Max is 80 hours a week with one day off a week. In the past it was at least 90 to 100 as an intern