Lawmakers introduce bi-partisan legislation to stop large health systems like UPMC from denying care to patients who carry the “wrong” insurance card.
- Out of Network, Out of Luck
- Frankel, Christiana introduce legislation to protect health care access and choice
- Bills Forcing Highmark and UPMC to Open Networks Introduced
Outsourced Trascriptionists Stand Up to UPMC
- Outsourced UPMC workers protest cuts
- UPMC transcriptionists protest after outsourcing
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UPMC Medical Transcriptionists Protest Payment Structure Changes
NLRB Issues Second Historic Complaint Against UPMC
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National Labor Relations Board Files Another Complaint Against UPMC
- NLRB issues labor complaint against UPMC, union says
Pittsburgh Stands Up To UPMC
- Rally draws hundreds protesting UPMCs tax-exempt status
- Hundreds Rally Against UPMC, Call For Change
- Rudiak Tells UPMC: Stop Bullying Workers and Taxpayers
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Hundreds of Protestors Stage Sit-In Outside UPMC
Labor Unites Around UPMC Workers On Labor Day
- UPMC, healthcare union take center stage at Labor Day parade
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Pittsburgh’s Labor Day Parade Focuses on UPMC, Governor’s Race
Unhealthy Choices: How UPMC’s Low Wages Endanger the Future of Pittsburgh’s Middle Class
- Pittsburgh United Releases Whitepaper on UPMC’s Poverty Wages
- Group says UPMC wage scale is harmful Middle class suffers, attests Pittsburgh United
City Challenges UPMC’s Tax Exempt Status
- Profit motive: The city’s UPMC suit will turn on one key factor
- Community Blues UPMC finally feels our pain
- Mayor v. Moneybags: UPMC could be beloved if it put patients over profits and perks
UPMC Settles NLRB’s 80 Charges Of Unfair Labor Practices
- Union accuses UPMC of unfair practices
- Judge rules UPMC’s email policy violated labor law
- UPMC reinstates fired workers under NLRB settlement
- SEIU: UPMC, labor board settle
- UPMC settles dozens of unfair labor practices complaints filed by SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania
- UPMC Settles NLRB’s 80 Charges of Unfair Labor Practices
NLRB Postpones UPMC hearing
UPMC Response to NLRB Complaint
No Help Wanted: In filing to labor board, UPMC claims it has no employees
UPMC Employee Reactions to Their Business Practices
Editorials on UPMC’s Business Practices and Social Responsibility
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Investigation into UPMC’s Real Estate Empire
- Forging a Giant Footprint: UPMC’s Sometimes Controversial Appetite for Real Estate
- Two Decades Later, Razing of Syria Mosque Still a Sore Topic
- UPMC Land Purchases May Be Legal, but Experts Say More Oversight Needed
- UPMC East’s Land Deals Provoke Questions
- UPMC Leaves a Trail of Big Real Estate Prices
- UPMC East End Expansion Leads to Controversy
- UPMC Leaves Huge Impression on Oakland
- UPMC Among Nonprofits Eager to Avoid Paying Property Taxes
- Allegheny County Only Found Archives for a Third of UPMC Parcels
- Rob Rogers’ Cartoon: “UPMC Footprint”
UPMC Tries to Defend Nonprofit Status in New PR Campaign
UPMC Seeks Another Big Tax Break by Way of Tax-Exempt Bonds
City Council Examines UPMC’s Tax Exempt Status and Role in Pittsburgh’s Economy
City Council holds meeting to take a closer look at whether or not UPMC deserves non-profit tax breaks.
County Controller Wagner Calls for a Review of Non-Profit Status
- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County, Pittsburgh officials push to re-evaluate nonprofit tax exemptions
- Tribune Review: Non-profits get free ride, Controller Says
- Essential Public Radio: Allegheny County Controller Calls for Review of Tax-Exempt Properties
- Business Times: County to probe tax-free status for nonprofit
Community Leaders Call on UPMC Board to Follow Code of Conduct
Community leaders protested at UPMC Shadyside and demanded the UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside Board sign a Code of Conduct.
- Essential Public Radio: Community Leaders Want UPMC Unions
- WTAE: UPMC Workers Want Code of Conduct
- Pittsburgh City Paper: Process Questions: Battle to unionize at UPMC Heating Up
- Business Times: Union advocates address hospital board
- Becker’s Hospital Review: SEIU Ramps Up Organizing Efforts at UPMC Hospitals
Workers Expose UPMC Union Busting
UPMC workers revealed to reporters the expensive union busting campaign that is taking them away from their patients and their work and costing millions of dollars that could go to care.
Workers Speak Out
Courageous UPMC workers sat down with Post-Gazette reporter Steve Twedt to discuss their efforts to improve their jobs.
Community Presents UPMC with Tax Bill
Hundreds of community leaders and workers come together to present UPMC with a tax bill, citing the $204 million the company would owe if it was not considered a “non-profit.”