Unions are only as strong as their members demand. UAPD provides resources and knowledge to help groups organize, legal resources to protect your rights and bargain to improve working conditions, but they DO NOT take the place of residents. You may have already been aware of the advocacy work that residents have already put in this year. This is what we want to help cement in place for ourselves and future residents by unionizing. There is no outcome guarantee that any union can make. What it does is level the playing field. What its members put in is what you get out. With weak leadership or vision, you run the risk of membership dues being pulled without any benefit. This has historically not been the case with residencies who have formed unions. Unionizing is about giving us power. The more involved its members are, the stronger and unified our voice will be.