• Founded in 1972

• Represents physicians and dentists in state and county government, large healthcare organizations and small non-profit clinics, and in private practice.

• Represents only one group of resident physicians (San Mateo County)

• Affiliated with American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), which is the largest trade union of public employees in the United States

• Affiliated with American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization (AFL-CIO), which is the largest federation of unions in the United States

Union Financial Facts

What is UAPD’s rate of dues/fees and what do they use the money for?

• The union dues are 0.9% of your gross salary.

• In 2021-2022, the union collected $6,537,735 in dues and agency fees, of which 27.9% was used toward representational activities. The highest other categories of union spending were general overhead ($2,523,957), political activities and lobbying ($545,071), taxes ($514,964), and union administration ($432,104). This data was obtained from the 2021-2022 Labor Organization Annual Report.