By Johnson O’Ryan
The Boston Herald
BOSTON — Boston EMS agreed to a contract with City Hall last night that will give EMTs and paramedics a 15 percent raise over six years at a cost of $11.8 million, officials said.
The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association EMS Division ratified the deal - which is backdated to 2011 and covers EMS workers until 2017 - by a vote of 198 to 20, union president James Orsino said.
‘We have always believed that the services we provide to the citizens of the city to be the most important element of any agreement,’ Orsino said. ‘The overwhelming vote of support in favor of this agreement reinforces that priority and shows that Mayor Walsh shares that vision.’
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