Resident Physicians and Fellows at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia have voted overwhelmingly to join the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR), a Local of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Resident Physicians often work up to 80-hour weeks for relatively low pay as they complete the final stage of their medical training. CIR Members have cited these conditions and chronic understaffing that impacts patient care as motivators for organizing. This victory at Temple is the latest in a string of recent Resident organizing efforts at Medical Facilities around the City.  “It’s time to put patients back at the center of our Health Care System,” said Sarah Bart, a Temple Resident. “We won our Union, now we are preparing our campaign for a fair contract that puts resources in patient care and supports Physicians’ and patients’ well-being.”