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Know Your Rights on Immigration: How Residents Can Support Patients
On Wednesday May 17, 2017, a Know Your Rights workshop was held at CIR’s NYC office with experts from the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, NY Immigration Coalition, NY Legal Assistance Group, CIR Legal Services, and Cambridge Health Alliance. Residents received information on immigrant patient rights, resources to share with their patients, and information…
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Statement on Today’s Shooting at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
Friday, June 30, 2017 – Words can’t express our profound shock and sadness at today’s shooting at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, where 350 CIR members work. Many of our members would have been at the hospital this afternoon, along with other physicians, nurses, orderlies, and other staff, as well as hundreds of patients. Current reports…
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St. Luke’s-Roosevelt CIR Members Tell Hospital: Be Fair to ALL of Those Who Care
After seven months of working under an expired contract while the President of Mt. Sinai Health System, the healthcare system that owns Mt. Sinai St. Luke’s and Mt. Sinai West (formerly St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center) earns in excess of $4 million per year, the housestaff took a major stand on June 8 to say…
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SF – Emergency Rally to Save Health Care
MEDIA ADVISORY San Francisco, CA June 22, 2017 Join physicians, healthcare providers, union representatives, and activists as they speak out against the American Health Care Act (AHCA) during a rally in front of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG, formerly San Francisco General Hospital, SFGH). If passed, the AHCA will cause 23 million American…
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New Contract at Kingsbrook!
Last month the residents at Kingsbrook Medical Center ratified their new contract, closing out several months of bargaining with a strong victory! Highlights of the new contract, which covers the housestaff through 2020, include: Base Salary Increases: 2.4% on 3/1/2017, 2.4% on 3/1/2018, 2.4% on 3/1/2019 for housestaff Parental Leave: New fathers may now take up…
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Dear Residents of 2077: Letters to Future Residents
2017 marks 60 years of resident and patient advocacy for the national residents’ union, CIR. Since 1957, CIR has been the voice for residents across the country, elevating training standards for residents and advancing patient care. Through the years, we have made positive changes in our working conditions and well-being, and have helped our patients…
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Partial Victory: Temporary Protected Status Extended for Haitians in the US
Over 300 CIR members signed onto a letter urging Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 58,000 Haitians living in the United States. The letter was part of an effort by physicians, clergy, and community leaders to make sure tens of thousands of Haitians were not sent back to a…
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ZSFG Residents Win Workspace Improvements in New Contract with the City of San Francisco!
On May 17, the residents of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG, formerly SFGH), voted unanimously to ratify their new contract. Just days ago, on May 12, 2017, in the wee hours of the morning, the CIR bargaining committee, the city of San Francisco, and the hospital administration came to a tentative…
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Westchester Medical Center Residents Settle First New Contract in Seven Years!
On May, 3 2017, the CIR bargaining committee and Westchester Medical Center reached agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement covering April 1, 2010 through September 30, 2021. Highlights include: Salaries: $500 bonus for housestaff hired after 6/1/16 $1,500 bonus for housestaff hired before 6/1/16 $4,000 increase for PGY1s and 2% increase for all…
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Defending the ACA
For months, House Republican leaders have promised that they would finally vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act on the law’s seventh anniversary, March 23. They scheduled a vote for 4:30 pm and, with the large majority of votes they have in the House, were confident of success. Instead, they blinked. The vote was postponed —…
