Becker's Healthcare January 17, 2025
While unionization among healthcare workers and professionals is a familiar phenomenon, resident physicians and fellows joining unions has only grown in recent years. Indeed, since the start of 2025 alone, at least five groups of resident physicians and fellows have opted to form unions at their health systems.
“Physician unionization has massively increased since 2020, especially among interns and residents,” Rebecca Givan, PhD, associate professor of labor studies and employment relations at Rutgers in New Brunswick, N.J., told Becker’s. “This reflects the specific strains put on healthcare workers during the pandemic and the widespread interest in unionization among young professional workers across numerous industries.”
Groups that have voted to unionize with the Committee of Interns and Residents, an affiliate...
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