04/09/2026
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More than 100 pediatricians who work for Packard Children's Health Alliance, part of Stanford Medicine Children's Health, have filed to unionize with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists.
The physicians, who practice at 27 clinic locations throughout the Greater San Francisco Bay Area and Monterey Bay region, according to UAPD, filed their petition with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday.
Their move to unionize follows years of concern among the group that "corporate pressures on healthcare are steering administrative decisions further away from the patients and families they serve," UAPD said in a statement.
"Healthcare is undergoing significant changes in how care is structured and delivered," Stuart Bussey, MD, JD, president of UAPD, said in the statement. "Physicians must have a seat at the table as those changes unfold."
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