DOCTORS WAIT FOR RESULTS OF UNION VOTE.Byline: Douglas Douglas, city, Isle of Man Douglas, city (1991 pop. 19,950), capital of the Isle of Man, Great Britain. It is a popular resort, connected by rail to Ramsey and Port Erin, on the Irish Sea. Tourism is the chief industry. Haberman Daily News Staff Writer Physicians employed by Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County will learn today if they have won union representation in the nation's largest ongoing effort to organize public-sector doctors. Of 790 county doctors, 550 are university teaching physicians affiliated with UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and Charles Drew medical schools and 240 work in county hospitals, clinics, the Sheriff's Department and the Coroner's Office. The doctors affiliated with the medical schools make up the largest group of university teaching physicians ever to vote on joining a physicians' union. The union election results will cap a three-year campaign by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists Dentists can refer to one of the following:
Some 300 county doctors petitioned for the election, citing unhappiness about job security, working conditions and patient care issues. ``We're confident we won,'' Joe Bader, the union's regional administrator, said Thursday. Because more than 60 percent of the 790 eligible doctors voted in the election, it will take only a simple majority to win, he said. Since 525 doctors actually voted, that means 263 votes. The union planned a news conference at 12:30 p.m. today at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center after the results are announced. |
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