Becker's Healthcare August 30, 2024
Resident physicians and fellows at several health systems in the Northeast are pressing leaders to address their bargaining concerns, including pay and working conditions.
The physicians, represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents, work at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance and The University of Pennsylvania Health System, the clinical arm of Penn Medicine in Philadelphia.
At Mass General Brigham, physicians plan to hold a Labor Day informational picket in front of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s.
The event marks their first rally since gaining union representation last year. The Committee of Interns and Residents, part of the SEIU, represents about 2,500 trainees at Massachusetts...