re: #970 realwest

Well then y’all ought to unionize! I’m not against Unions per se, only when the “employer” doesn’t give a damn about worker safety and I’ll bet serious money that closing those firehouses, police precincts and what not*, WILL cost the lives of Firefighters and Cops.
*in some cities, EMS or EMT is allocated by Firehouses - you can call a private or hospital affiliated ambulance, but that’s not what you get when you dial 911.

We’re usually okay. An arbitrator decides what we get in our contract because we can’t strike. We usually get much more than the city wants us to receive.