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Public Service Workers Need Unions More than Ever

Public service workers across the country are losing their foothold in the middle class.

Public Service Workers Need Unions More than Ever

Splash Medics Is Saving Children from Drowning

Lisa La Russo remembers watching the TV series “Emergency!” when she was 5.

The 1970s show featured two specially-trained firefighters/paramedics in Los Angeles County who went around saving lives. It wasn’t children’s entertainment but it spoke to La Russo.

Splash Medics Is Saving Children from Drowning

Riverside County EMS Workers Prepare for Contract Negotiations

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Members of AFSCME Local 4911 in Southern California are gearing up for a new round of contract negotiations which is scheduled to begin at the end of January.

Riverside County EMS Workers Prepare for Contract Negotiations

EMS Workers: "We're More Than a Resource"

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – When American Medical Response (AMR) entered negotiations in early November saying it wanted to fill shifts with the “least expensive resource available,” EMS professionals in Riverside County were more than a little put off to be reduced to commodities. They responded Nov.

EMS Workers: "We're More Than a Resource"

Tentative Agreement in NorCal Shows AMR the Way Forward

Bargaining Update: Our Unity Has Made the Difference

Tentative Agreement in NorCal Shows AMR the Way Forward