Trainee doctors at the University of Colorado allege retaliation

The organization that represents doctors-in-training at the University of Colorado has filed a complaint with state labor officials alleging that the school retaliated against it over its quest for collective bargaining rights.

The organization, the CU Housestaff Association, says the university broke off long-running discussions on a document that would have codified the Housestaff Association’s relationship with the university after the association announced its unionization goal .

It says the university also excluded it from meetings, blocked it from organizing activities and ended the practice of deducting dues for the organization from trainees’ paychecks.

“After we went public was when things started to break down a little bit,” said Dr. Simone Raiter, one of the Housestaff As