On April 23, 2008, the CIR Negotiating Team successfully concluded its 2008 Salary Re-Opener negotiations with UNM.
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On April 4, 2008, as part of SEIU’s program to ensure that candidates running for political office experience firsthand what life is like for working people, U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Tom Udall walked a day in the shoes of Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU member Dr. Elizabeth Burpee, a resident at the University of New Mexico Hospital.
On November 3rd, 2007, the three chapters that make up CIR’s Western Region -- New Mexico, Southern, and Northern California -- came together to meet, share news, and make plans for how to accomplish their goals in the year ahead.
On August 15, 2007, resident physicians at the University of New Mexico Hospital voted by an overwhelming margin to ratify their first union contract. There are 550 interns, residents and fellows, in 17 different specialties at the hospital.
Drs. Elizabeth Burpee, PGY 2, Internal Medicine, and John Ingle, PGY 1, Otolaryngology, from the University of New Mexico Hospital met with New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson on May 2, 2007 to discuss his proposals for expanding health coverage so that every American is insured.
Nearly 500 interns, residents and fellows at the University of New Mexico overwhelmingly voted to join together for a stronger voice in the delivery of patient care at their hospital. Residents voted 222-99 to form a union through the Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU.