Labor & Union Issues
The labor and union issues topic brings together a range of relevant news, articles and resources for EMS personnel and agencies.
The EMS Counts Act would update federal labor statistics to include EMS providers who also serve as firefighters
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The rural ambulance service owes employees four paychecks; one EMT says company should “throw in the towel”
REMS will remain on the job after residents rejected a private co. and fought for their hometown rescue squad
The suit says that First Med violated the federal WARN act in not giving advance written notice to employees of Friday’s mass layoffs
Mass layoff ruins Christmas for EMTs and their communities
He also faces murder charges in a July crash that killed a woman and her three young sons while drag racing
First Med, which owns LIFE Ambulance and MedCorp, is reportedly “out of money” and abruptly ended services Friday night
Councilmember Tommy Wells says he’s not convinced the department has a handle on its personnel problems
EMTs were given 90 days to leave by the landlord, but city officials have found no structural deficiencies
Voters will be asked whether to increase the town’s dedicated EMS coverage from 12 hours a day, five days a week to 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the first three months of 2014
The paramedic who took the photo of patients said he did so spontaneously, and later sent it to the media to highlight the overcrowding
Officials ruled to allow fire departments to enforce a ‘zero tolerance’ rule against illegal drug use by paramedics and EMTs
“We’re talking about trying to resolve a system that’s been broken for 15 to 20 years. We’re addressing a long-standing problem,” Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe said
The residents are speaking out in hopes that the ambulance company will win the bid to be the permanent EMS provider next month
The raid is part of an ongoing criminal investigation, but employees have not been told the reason for the raid
If the state bids out non-emergency medical transportation, the loss of revenue could prove critical to the operation of some EMS agencies
They will be out a job after the town decided to use an outside company for emergency services
It’s a move public officials are increasingly willing to make, but city fire officials warn it can be dangerous
Contract with city shows EMS taking the lead toward a more stable work situation
It includes a two percent pay increase beginning in 2014 and marks the first union agreement during the city’s bankruptcy filing
Members of Local 4911 voted overwhelmingly Friday to approve the new two-year contract with Rural/Metro
Currently, Iowa does not consider emergency medical services an essential service; rural ambulance are funded with donations
A state audit shows that the responders should receive benefits if they work more than 15 hours per week
The new offer guarantees no layoffs in 2014 and 2015; the department will reduce the size of the paramedic class to nine in 2014
While the patient was still in the ER following a panic attack, the firefighter/EMT began contacting her via Facebook
The charges stated that from 2007 through 2011, he reported performing “thousands of surgical procedures, often as many as 20 or more in a single day”
The city’s proposal states that in exchange for a reduction in the number of paramedics to be trained, the union will be given assurances that layoffs will not take place in 2014.
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