AAEM Resident and Student Association Podcast · American Academy of Emergency Medicine / RSA
Resident Labor Rights: Unionizing A Residency
May 15, 2023·25 min·2 clips
Nikki Alberti now texts surgeons directly, breaking down the medicine-surgery divide, an unexpected benefit of union building.
As heard by us
A practical look at how resident organizing becomes bargaining, contracts, and day-to-day change.
This episode treats resident unionization as a process rather than a slogan, tracing how organizing begins, what recognition changes, and how bargaining moves from proposals to agreements.
Why you'd press play
You want the logistics behind resident unionization, not a slogan-level primer.
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