Pharmacists (Kaiser)
Officers
President (Areas: Baldwin Park, South Bay)
Email: upsc.lawrence.louie@gmail.com
Vice President, Ambulatory Care (Areas: Antelope Valley/Kern, Panorama City)
Email: upsc.nancy.magnante@gmail.com
Vice President, Inpatient (Area: Woodland Hills)
Email: UPSC.houry.abajian@gmail.com
Vice President, Outpatient (Area: Orange County)
Email: UPSC.Gary.Laird@gmail.com
Steward Coordinator - North (Areas: Fontana, Ontario)
Email: UPSC.Cheryl.Chan@gmail.com
Contract Specialists
2018 Contract Specialist - North (Areas: Downey, Orange County, Panorama City, South Bay, West L.A., Woodland Hills)
Cell: 909-962-9750
Email: upscnorth.cs@unacuhcpaffiliate.org
2018 Contract Specialist - South (Areas: Baldwin Park, Fontana/Ontario, L.A., Riverside, San Diego)
Cell: 909-962-9757
Email: upscsouth.cs@unacuhcpaffiliate.org
Staff Representatives
Staff Representative (Areas: Baldwin Park, Downey, Orange County, San Diego, South Bay, West L.A.)
Email: Sheri.Gotanda@unacuhcp.org
Staff Representative (Areas: Fontana/Ontario, Los Angeles, Panorama City, Riverside, Woodland Hills)
Email: Dana.Hohn@unacuhcp.org
Pharmacists (Kaiser) News
Pharmacists Ratify First UNAC/UHCP Contract
Posted on September 21, 2015
Kaiser Pharmacists in Southern California have overwhelmingly approved their first UNAC/UHCP contract, which includes restoration of the defined benefit pension plan and many other improvements.
Ratification Meeting Schedule, Summary of Agreement, Full Text of Agreement Now Available
Posted on August 17, 2015
The ratification meeting schedule, Summary of Agreement, and Full Text of Agreement are all available for download. Click on this article to review these details and more.
Closing In On Finishing
Posted on July 30, 2015
Over the last three negotiating sessions, steady progress was made on a number of fronts, narrowing the list of unresolved contract issues.
Pharmacists Negotiations Update
Posted on July 21, 2015
We’ve reached agreement on a number of issues since last week.
Pharmacists Negotiations Update: July 6, 2015
Posted on July 6, 2015
The negotiating team met with management four days last week, completing work on paid time off benefits and making significant progress on finishing seniority and job postings. Join us at an upcoming bargaining session as we close in on finishing the new contract.
Pharmacists Negotiations Update June 25, 2015
Posted on June 25, 2015
In negotiations this week, we reached Tentative Agreement on six issues:
Pharmacists Negotiations Update: June 19, 2015
Posted on June 19, 2015
We spent the last two days of negotiations talking about Job Postings and Filling of Vacancies. We made great headway towards using seniority as the determining factor in job awarding.
Pharmacists Negotiations Update: June 11, 2015
Posted on June 11, 2015
The most important goal for our negotiations was fulfilled last weekend—restoration of our pension—when the entire Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions stood strong with UNAC/UHCP. During this week’s negotiations on June 10 and 11, we also reached a few more tentative agreements.
Pharmacists Negotiations Update: June 8, 2015
Posted on June 8, 2015
After 24 straight hours of bargaining and going to the very top of the company, a tentative agreement was reached early Saturday morning to restore your frozen defined benefit pension plan!
Pharmacists Negotiations Update: May 28, 2015
Posted on May 28, 2015
This week our pharmacist negotiations team and management came to agreement on Union Representation, Access Rights of Union Representatives, Union Leave of Absence, Union Meetings, New Employee Orientation, Union Bulletin Boards and a streamlined Grievance and Arbitration system.