City paramedics offered 6-month contract extension
By RICH LORD and MOUSTAFA AYAD
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania)
Just before Pittsburgh paramedics gave their union leadership unanimous authorization to call a strike Jan. 1, city lawyers offered a six-month contract extension that may have averted the walkout.
Jeff Vesci, president of the Fraternal Association of Professional Paramedics, said city attorney Joseph Quinn e-mailed the extension offer 30 minutes before the union’s voting began yesterday.
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