80-hour weeks and roaches near your cot? More medical residents unionize
Dr. Leah Rethy was pregnant during the first year of her internal medicine residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
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Dr. Leah Rethy was pregnant during the first year of her internal medicine residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Residents at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Hospital have joined a growing number of physician unionization efforts.
If successful, they will be the first group of house staff to do so in Pennsylvania.
Hundreds of Penn Medicine resident physicians and fellows have asked the Philadelphia-based health system to recognize their representation under the Committee of Interns and Residents, a branch of the Service Employees International Union. If successful, Penn Medicine's residency program would be the first in Pennsylvania to unionize, allowing them to collectively bargain for better pay and health care benefits.
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