Posts tagged Resident physicians

    Brown medical residents unionize, prepare for negotiations

    January 30, 2025 // In interviews with The Herald, residents said their top priorities are winning compensation increases and matching contributions to 401(k) retirement plans. Felicia Sun, a fifth-year neurosurgery resident at Rhode Island Hospital, noted that residents don’t have access to benefits like loan forgiveness and education stipends like other physician employees.

    More than 1,000 doctors-in-training at Bronx hospital announce unionization

    November 3, 2022 // A major unionization effort is underway among the 1,200 physician trainees at Montefiore Medical Center, who are raising concerns about staffing and other issues at the Bronx hospital. Resident physicians and fellows at Montefiore will announce their plans Tuesday to join the Committee of Interns and Residents of SEIU — a health care union that currently represents about 22,000 residents, interns and fellows across the country.