John August is the Scheinman Institute’s Director of Healthcare and Partner Programs at Cornell University’s School of Industrial Labor Relations, whose expertise in health care and Labor relations spans 40 years.  He previously served as the Executive Director of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions from April 2006 until July 2013.  In a recent Op-Ed, August penned an interesting piece that asks, Will Doctors organize?  He writes: Regardless of whether we act through Unions or other means, the fact remains that until Doctors join together to call for a fundamental reorganization of our medical system, our work ‌won’t do what ‌we were promised it would do, nor will it prioritize the people we claim to prioritize. To be able to build the systems we need, we must face an unpleasant truth: Our health care institutions as they exist today are part of the problem rather than the solution.”

To Directly Access August’s Op-Ed, Go To: www.ilr.cornell.edu/scheinman-institute/blog/john-august-healthcare/healthcare-insights-will-doctors-organize