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UC San Diego resident physicians demonstrated at UC San Diego Medical Center on Wednesday, accusing their employer of resisting their calls for better wages and benefits as part of a statewide \u201cunity break\u201d labor action that is bringing labor pressure to bear at all University of California medical campuses.<\/p>\n

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The event was not a strike. Doctors in hands-on training programs attended on their own time.<\/p>\n

Dr. Colin Boehnlein, a third-year medical resident just three weeks away from finishing the UCSD Family Medicine Program, is a bargaining unit member of the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR), an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union.<\/p>\n

The union represents medical interns and residents, medical doctors completing their supervised practice requirements after earning their medical doctorates, across the UC system and in 15 states, covering \u201cmore than 40,000 interns, residents and fellows\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n

Boehnlein said that all CIR union contracts at UC facilities expired last July, and a one-year temporary extension will expire on July 1.<\/p>\n

Workers, he said, are asking for wage increases and for compensation to be equalized across all UC medical campuses. Currently, he said, workers have different wages at each location. Those completing their residencies, he said, have seen their ability to make ends meet during the residency periods erode as inflation has increased costs for a group of professionals who often must borrow heavily before they can begin earning full professional salaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very expensive to live in California, especially in the major metro areas where the majority of the UC sites are,\u201d Boehnlein said. \u201cMany of our members have hundreds of thousands in student loans, which you still have to make payments on when you\u2019re in residency or fellowship.\u201d<\/p>\n

The starting wage, Boehnlein said, is about $91,000 for a first-year resident, often called an intern, increasing about $3,000 per month. He deferred to union communications personnel for more details on what kind of wage increase the union is asking for. That question had not been answered as of Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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Increases in health insurance premiums and increased costs around valued benefits, such as fertility treatment and child care, items that are front-and-center for those in their late 20s and early 30s, have also been sticking points that led to Wednesday\u2019s small demonstration. Surgeons, for example, commonly have seven-year residency and fellowship requirements after completing medical school.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe our residents and fellows should be able to start a family and make the fertility decisions that they need to,\u201d Boehnlein said.<\/p>\n

Other negotiating points, he added, are particular to the specific demands of medical residencies, especially the requirements to work shifts of 24 or more hours. Ride-sharing services are a good example.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur residents have to drive home after being awake for 24 hours, 28 hours, 36 hours, which is unsafe,\u201d Boehnlein said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just unsafe for our members, but it\u2019s obviously unsafe for pedestrians and other drivers on the street.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Heather Hansen, senior director, labor communications, external relations, for the University of California Office of the President, said in an email Wednesday that the university \u201cdoes not agree with the union\u2019s characterization of the negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUC remains committed to reaching an agreement that supports residents across the system,\u201d Hansen said. \u201cNotably, this includes reaching a one-year wage agreement with the union last summer that guaranteed these valued employees a 5% wage increase in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese talks are complex because they involve consolidating eight local contracts into a single agreement across multiple UC locations. Medical residents are essential to UC\u2019s mission, and we value their contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CIR represents about 6,500 physicians across the UC system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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