Stanford Health Care residents of the Interns and Residents Committee/SEIU Union demonstrate outside Stanford Hospital on July 21, 2023. Provided by CIR/SEIU.
Resident doctors at Stanford Health Care have a very serious problem. Their working conditions are so tight that some doctors are forced to take side jobs after working 80 hours a week at Stanford Hospital, while others are unable to afford apartments or flats. trade union representatives said this week.
Residents, or “hospital staff,” voted to join the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR-SEIU) union in May 2022. Doctors staged a demonstration on July 21, 2023 to shed light on the issues they argue. Months of difficult negotiations with no solution.
The union says it routinely engages in stalling tactics at the table and deliberately ignores the basic needs of its residents, despite Stanford Healthcare making $788 million in profits. claim.
Meanwhile, doctors say rising housing, food and childcare costs have piled on top of existing education debt, costing an average medical graduate about $250,000.
“We expect Stanford University to negotiate in good faith. Our goal is to reach a fair contract that includes the salary and housing benefits necessary to live and work in Palo Alto,” said the former mother. Simran Kaul, a humanities specialist, said. And he’s a gynecological resident, a current complex family planning fellow, and a member of the negotiation team. ”