GW housestaff organizers are proud to fight for our right to be heard without threat of retaliation, to have a say in writing our contracts, to protect our health and well-being, and to provide dignified and safe care for our patients.

We are proud to support our nurses at George Washington as they fight to unionize at the same time. We are Stronger Together.

In addition, to our colleagues at Stanford, UMass, U of Vermont, and Penn where housestaff have recently unionized or are currently fighting for a union.

CIR reports the number of organizing efforts has tripled since COVID-19 started.

Press Release

Amidst an ongoing crisis of Physician Burnout, Frontline DC Physicians Form Union

Resident Articles and Media Coverage

• GWU Hospital residents, nurses to unionize (Washington Post)

• Resident and Fellow Unions: Collective Activism to Promote Well-being for Physicians in Training (PDF) (JAMA) – op-ed by some of CIR's organizing members on how unionization supports fulfilling and sustainable careers and better patient care.

• How much are resident physicians worth? – The Sheriff of Sodium

  • In 2019, the UNM neurosurgery program lost accreditation, resulting in the loss of eight neurosurgery residents. The university had two hire twenty-three APPs to replace them – meaning it required 3 paid professionals (each costing twice as much as a resident) to replace the clinical work done by each resident. 

  • (Bryan Carmody on union-busting)

• To fight burnout, organize. (NEJM)

• The pandemic has ignited a wave of resident unionization. (Medscape, joint op-ed between Stanford and Greater Lawrence organizing residents)

• Medical Residents Unionize Over Pay, Working Conditions. (WSJ, interview with CIR members)

• Doctors Are Losing Their Calling. (WSJ, interview with CIR members)

• 80-hour weeks and roaches near your cot? More medical residents unionize (NPR, interview with Penn CIR members)

George Washington Articles and Media Coverage

Nurses At The George Washington University Hospital Are Organizing A Union (DCist)