Physicians and Providers Union Resources

Welcome to the resource page for the CWA Local 7799

Joint Physicians and Providers Organizing Committee

Who we are:

We are a group of physicians and providers across three key public health care institutions: UCHealth, CU School of Medicine, and Denver Health. We are united in our belief that physicians and providers need a collective voice at work – to be the best advocates for ourselves, our colleagues and the patients we treat. 

Here is how to become a member of our union today:

   Work at Denver Health? Join here. 

   Work at UCHealth (including those who are paid by CU SOM)? Join here. 


Physicians and Provider Unionization News:

When MDs go union, American Prospect, August 2023.

Unionization gaining traction among doctors, Becker’s, August 2023.

Oregon ED votes to unionize, Emergency Medicine News, June 2023.

Physicians are seeking union elections, Becker’s, February 2023.

Why doctors should organize, New Yorker, August 2019.

You have rights!

Public employee Physicians and Providers have new workplace protections under the Colorado Protections for Public Workers Act (PROPWA) which went into effect August 2023 and will gain an additional level of administrative enforcement from CDLE on July 1, 2024. You and your coworkers now have the legal right to: 

  • Talk about workplace concerns with coworkers (on breaks and lunch hours)

  • Ask coworkers to join a union (on breaks and lunch hours) 

  • Sign a petition or attend a rally on your own time regarding workplace issues

  • Engage in other forms of protected concerted activity such as meeting a co-worker in the breakroom to talk about workplace issues or unionization

  • Lobby on bills related to your work (on your own or your union’s behalf)

  • Speak with members of your public employer's governing body

  • Speak to the press as a union member on issues affecting you in the workplace

  • Organize, form, join, or assist a union

Want to speak to a fellow physician or provider?

Fill out this confidential form and a fellow physician/ provider member of our organizing committee will be in touch!


What is CWA 7799?

Learn more about our parent union: CWA Local 7799.