RRH Urgent Care Providers say
“Let Our Colleagues Work!”
Recently, Rochester Regional Health has told at least 15 Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers that they are no longer welcome to work, leaving huge holes in the provider schedule. These are physicians who, in many cases, have worked in our community for decades.
RRH claims this has something to do with who was included on the voter list in the July 2026 election administered by the National Labor Relations Board, in which Urgent Care providers voted overwhelmingly to unionize for a stronger voice to protect staff and patients.
Any suggestion that the NLRB voter list (a snapshot of providers who had worked at least 52 hours in the 13 weeks preceding the election order) is either the full extent of the new provider bargaining unit or has anything to do with the ability of new, returning, or per diem providers to pick up shifts is flatly wrong. It is a gross violation of federal labor law. This is according to both every legal expert RUNAP has consulted and, presumably, RRH’s own legal counsel on all other bargaining units, as they have never applied this standard to any other unionized group. So our question is why this is really happening?
Our colleagues deserve to work in an environment that is safely staffed. More importantly, our patients depend on properly-staffed urgent care centers. No one plans to have to go to urgent care, but Chip Davis is now telling our sick or injured neighbors that they don’t get to see a provider when they’re in need. The impact on waiting times, outcomes, and local emergency departments should alarm our communities, regulators, and legislators.
We, the undersigned RRH Urgent Care Providers, demand that Rochester Regional Health immediately reverse course and allow our providers to return to serving our patients.