Fair and transparent compensation
Clear salary ranges and advancement pathways can recognize experience, clinical responsibility, specialty skills, and regional realities.
Petition requestTransparent ranges and structured increases.
STAND FOR PTSign the petitionOpportunities for progress
Practical priorities. Shared possibilities.
The petition focuses on six connected opportunities to strengthen careers, retain experienced professionals, and support excellent patient care.
Retirement security
Strong retirement support can help professionals build lasting careers and remain connected to patient care.
Petition requestA pension or meaningful employer-funded contributions.
Student debt and retention
Practical education-debt support can help newer professionals establish stability and grow within the field.
Petition requestLoan assistance and expanded public-service and retention programs.
Sustainable reimbursement
Payment policy can support appropriate staffing, service availability, care innovation, and the resources needed for treatment.
Petition requestSustainable Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial-insurance payment.
Responsible workloads and documentation
Thoughtful productivity and documentation expectations can preserve time for skilled, individualized patient care.
Petition requestSafe expectations that protect clinical quality.
A collaborative workforce voice
Durable progress grows from the experience of professionals, patients, caregivers, educators, employers, and payers.
Petition requestState and national task forces with PTs, PTAs, educators, employers, payers, and patient representatives.
Collective professional voice
Good ideas deserve an open, respectful conversation.
Physical therapy professionals work in many different settings, communities, and employment models. No single approach will fit them all.
Stand for PT supports thoughtful evaluation of lawful advocacy tools—including professional associations, policy coalitions, a professional federation, or union representation where workers freely choose it—as possible ways to improve compensation, benefits, retirement security, staffing, retention, and conditions that support patient care.
Clear boundary: Stand for PT is an independent advocacy initiative. This petition is not a union authorization card, does not establish a union, and does not designate any organization as a bargaining representative.
The connection
Support the workforce. Strengthen patient care.
Fair compensation, meaningful benefits, sustainable reimbursement, manageable workloads, and clinician retention help protect patient access, continuity, and the time needed for high-quality care. Stand for PT asks decision-makers to advance solutions that support both professionals and the patients who depend on them.
Review the complete request
Read it. Decide. Add your voice.
The full large-print petition includes the six requests, signature milestones, consent language, and a printable signature page.