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In this week’s Inside EMS Quick Clip, hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the threat by Arizona’s Southwest Ambulance to go on strike over pension pay.
By law the company would have to give Rural/Metro 10 days’ notice, and the parent company says it has a contingency plan in place.
“It’s not about a contingency plan,” Cebollero said. “It’s getting back to the table and giving workers the feeling you’re listening to what they’re saying.”
Grayson points out the EMS union is not asking for money, but rather $8 million in pension funds – which helps ensure workers make a career out of EMS and retire from the industry
“You’d think they could sit together and hash out their differences,” Grayson said.
