By O’Ryan Johnson
Boston Hearld
BOSTON — Boston Public Health Commission and the city’s EMS union are at odds over budget cuts that union officials say are effectively cutting the number of emergency first responders by 10 percent, weeks after Boston was hit by a terrorist attack — but the city insists it will keep medics on the street.
“The people of the city of Boston don’t deserve this, and the men and women of Boston EMS don’t deserve this,” union president James Orsino said.
He said last year EMS lost 20 jobs due to budget cuts and that this year they expect to lose another 14 due to attrition. None of those empty jobs will be filled, Orsino said, meaning the city will be down 10 percent of its overall EMS force.
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