Imperial Beach Community Clinic Physicians Vote to Join NUHW — Rare Provider-Led Organizing at FQHC
Physicians, therapists, and nurse practitioners at Imperial Beach Community Clinic voted to join NUHW in January 2026. This is a rare provider-led organizing effort at an FQHC, driven by constant CEO/executive turnover, burnout from understaffing, and management retaliation against providers who wrote a public op-ed.
The win signals that FQHC labor organizing is expanding beyond support staff to clinical providers.
Primary source
NUHWFQHC Talent. (2026, January 27). Imperial Beach Community Clinic Physicians Vote to Join NUHW — Rare Provider-Led Organizing at FQHC. Primary source: NUHW. Retrieved June 12, 2026, from https://www.fqhctalent.com/intel/imperial-beach-clinic-nuhw-physicians-organize-jan-2026
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