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Becker's Hospital Review: Penn Medicine physicians seek union recognition

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By KELLY GOOCH

Resident physicians and fellows at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Health System are asking the health system to voluntarily recognize their union, the Committee of Interns and Residents.

A supermajority of the more than 1,400 residents and fellows who work for Penn Medicine have agreed to be represented by CIR, a local of the Service Employees International Union, according to a Feb. 17 CIR/SEIU news release. 

Union representatives have delivered a letter to hospital management petitioning for voluntary recognition, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

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