Imperial Valley News
EL CENTRO, Calif. — The Gold Cross ambulance employees strike entered its third day Tuesday, and with talks between the company and the employees’ union at a standstill, there is no end in sight.
“The company has not responded to the federal mediator who is trying to set up meetings, said Phil Farias, president ofTeamsters Local 542, the union representing Gold Cross employees in Imperial County.
Farias addressed the Imperial County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday morning. He was accompanied by about half of the nearly 60 Gold Cross employees on strike. “This is the face of the Valley when it comes to 911 calls ,” Farias said from the podium, Gold Cross employees filling several rows behind him. “When somebody is sick, when somebody is injured and they dial 911 — these are the men and women that respond to it,” Farias said.
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