Labor & Union Issues
The labor and union issues topic brings together a range of relevant news, articles and resources for EMS personnel and agencies.
There are great EMS employers out there, but finding them takes time, and the willingness to take risks on the unknown
Protecting yourself from verbal abuse from a patient is one thing, but what if it’s coming from someone who is supposed to be your support network?
Paramedic chiefs and EMS leaders need to set shift length based on call demand, available personnel, equipment supply and time on task
Dougherty County EMS has seen nearly 20 resignations in three months where personnel left for better pay in places with a lower call volume
Cheshire EMS Chief Charles McMurrer was appointed in June and is the second EMS chief to leave in two years
Heartland Ambulance Service will now operate in Clark County for three years, replacing New Chapel EMS
Disagreements over a “picket line clause” regarding emergency responses had led to a planned strike on Sunday
The Teamsters president representing AMR employees said “negotiations are a total package,” when asked about the clause along with a 35% pay increase and other benefits
Allegany County officials made offers to EMS personnel laid off this summer due to a $2M deficit
The Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and the Bureau of Fire are at odds over firefighters taking over patient transports and rescues
The San Antonio union president urged firefighters and medics to “keep your heads on a swivel and watch your six” after the arrests of Venezuelan gang members
AMR changed the staffing on some of its ambulances to one paramedic and one EMT after negotiations with Multnomah County officials
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors had planned to receive its ambulance service through CONFIRE until AMR challenged the decision
The FDNY Fire Officers Association warns the WTC Health Program may stop accepting members by 2028
Allegany County officials had previously laid off EMS personnel to handle a $2M budget shortfall
Representative Jaime Greene’s bill would prevent adverse action by employers if employees are absent from work due to responding to an emergency
“Someone needs to inform the new FDNY Commissioner that he represents the largest EMS system in the entire nation,” EMS Local 2057 President Oren Barzilay said
Over 70 employees at locations in Huber Heights and Sydney were permanently laid off
The DNC workload underscores the need for 20 more ambulances and additional paramedics to ease the burden on current staff, the union said
Chicago firefighter leaders said paramedics worked nearly 230,000 overtime hours to staff the city’s 80 ambulances last year, and they are on track to do the same in 2024
Captain Jeffrey Little removed the flags from three stations and asked to be exempt from having to raise them
The change in Fort Worth will make MedStar employees members of the fire department
Jeff Davis County EMS Chief Peggy Fonseca was escorted out of the courthouse over what she called a “witch hunt” about staffing and leadership
Firefighters union in Allegany County fights against proposed cuts, layoffs as volunteer ambulance service sets to close
Officials in Fort Worth recommended a fire-based EMS system as the solution to overhaul the city’s EMS
Minnesota Nurses Association leaders say Hennepin Healthcare has not addressed staffing shortages, workplace safety
Nurses in Santa Clara County picketed at Valley Medical Center and O’Connor Hospital in San Jose and St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy
Austin-Travis County EMS personnel have had equipment and medications stolen while stationed at apartments
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- Md. officials offer to rehire laid off medics