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.
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FQHC Talent. (2026, January 27). Imperial Beach Community Clinic Physicians Vote to Join NUHW, Rare Provider-Led Organizing at FQHC. Source: NUHW. Retrieved September 28, 2026, from https://www.fqhctalent.com/intel/imperial-beach-clinic-nuhw-physicians-organize-jan-2026
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