So it's not about money but that's all that is talked about. I wonder why. Let me point out again that Piner Employees pay NOTHING for medical coverage and their copay is $10 and perscriptions are $5-$10. I know that NEMSA just negotiated a contract that raised what CoCo county employees pay, but got them a raise. I'm sure if Piner employees paid for their insurance or had less coverage then they would get paid more:). Just like I said before Piner employees run with 5 24hr stations and an average of 4 calls per day. I bet you could have more of a raise if they shut down a couple of those stations and you ran you ass off like AMR employees do. Most of these people have never had another job and don't know how good they have it. I used to work at Piners. Let me describe a day at one of the county stations. You go to work and sit on your ass until you get a call (seriously). You can watch TV or run errands or pretty much do what ever you want. Those stations run about 2 calls per day. THAT'S ON A 24HR SHIFT!!!!!!!!!!! Think about it.
NEMSA SUCKS!!!! TorrenC the president is a slime ball!!! He wanted the workers at Piner's to strike. It was Torren that wasn't wanting to meet with Piner's that last week. He took things into his own hands and not in the best interest of the employees. He lied, and I'm sure he is still lying! He stated (in the paper and on the news) that this strike was NOT about the contract. He said it was about the NLRB charges against Piner's, but funny that they pulled their strike vote as soon as a contract was signed,DIRTY!!!! Oh and all the charges were dropped after a contract was signed. I would have helped Piner's out if they had a strike and I know of quite a few people who were going in to help out. I'm not against the union at all, but I think NEMSA is ran by rats.