This is a great question and not one that is set in stone yet. Thus far, we have asked for a voluntary contribution from specialties to help in discussion efforts. We have had people voluntarily step up from most of the large programs, but we need more help! If you don’t know of anyone from your program that you can ask questions to and want to become involved, reach out to us! The great thing about forming our own union is that we get to create these platforms from the ground up. It is house staff created and house staff led. We are discussing whether to continue with the voluntary model versus doing democratic votes.

Once a union is formed, typically a few residents will become union representative liaisons. Each rep would be from a different residency with the goal of having as many programs represented as possible.