All ambulance services in a legal strike position are now on strike. That means no emergency services or routing transfers.
The employees, including paramedics, dispatchers and EMRs, are withdrawing because of a dispute with Fewer’s which owns seven different ambulance operations. Hubert Dawe, business manager with Teamsters Local 855, says they withdrew some services a coupe of weeks ago but none affecting emergency needs of patients. That changed as of 12 p.m. today.
He says they tried to set up a system where they would do an escalating strike with minimal impact on the public but he accuses the employer of pulling a stunt and falsely reporting an employee for non-compliance. He says it’s the second time that the company has done this, clearly showing that they have no morals.
I know they have backups , but will it be enough is highly doubtful. I'm willing to bet high that deaths will follow as a result of how prepared they are. Time will tell, I guess.
MikeDwyer01 ✊🏻
Wouldnt want to be that union, its employees, or the company. Can you imagine the lawsuit if someone dies as a result of their stupidity?
Just what we needed. Fewer paramedics on call. Great.