MALVERN, PENNSYLVANIA — The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO, today announced it entered into an affiliation agreement with the Chester County Medical Society (CCMS), bringing scores of Pennsylvania physicians into the labor movement. Under the new agreement, the members of CCMS will become members of OPEIU.
“The affiliation of CCMS with OPEIU serves to strengthen both organizations,” said Tyler Turner, OPEIU president. “Through the power of this affiliation, physicians across Chester County will be able to better advocate for themselves both individually and collectively.”
“The purpose of the affiliation with OPEIU is to take a major step that recognizes the changing industry landscape across medicine,” said David E. Bobman, MD, president of CCMS. “Over the past decade, the number of independent medical practices has declined while the number of employed physicians has grown steadily. We see this affiliation as a necessary development in our effort to maintain patient services and safety through the protection of our member physicians to employ the highest standard of care for the patients.”