A union representing doctors in training at the University of Colorado School of Medicine filed a complaint with the state labor department on Wednesday, alleging that the university retaliated when its members sought to bargain as a group.
The Housestaff Association has collected dues through payroll deductions since 1987, said co-president Dr. Simone Raiter, a fourth-year resident in interventional radiology. The university abruptly stopped allowing the organization to do that in July, forcing union officers to track down interns, residents and trainees in fellowships to get their banking information, she said.
“This is something that we’ve done for decades. It’s very interesting, the timing,” she said.
The union, which represents about 1,300 young doctors, had gone public in Febru