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What is the name of your state? Massachusetts
I am a full-time firefighter for a city that runs it's own ambulance (EMT's). Paramedic services are contracted out by the city to a private company. About 10 months ago the chief terminated the contract with the current paramedic provider, which is in litigation due to the legality of what he did. The "new" paramedic provider is opined by the firefighters as providing subpar medical service to the community. About a month ago a petition appeared at the fire station addressed to the mayor (election year, and no one knew who the new mayor would be). The incumbent won. Five members signed this petition which stated that we believe the former paramedic provider was the best in quality care, response times, etc.. We were questioned by the chief why we signed this and a week later we were all assigned different work schedules with extra duties by the chief. It is being grieved and the chief told our union president he has no intention of rescinding his order, the mayor stated he will back any decision by the chief. The above lawsuit is suing the chief, the mayor, and the city. A Boston Globe reporter has been following this story from the beginning and is "chomping at the bit" to talk to us, we've refused. Has a violation occurred?
I am a full-time firefighter for a city that runs it's own ambulance (EMT's). Paramedic services are contracted out by the city to a private company. About 10 months ago the chief terminated the contract with the current paramedic provider, which is in litigation due to the legality of what he did. The "new" paramedic provider is opined by the firefighters as providing subpar medical service to the community. About a month ago a petition appeared at the fire station addressed to the mayor (election year, and no one knew who the new mayor would be). The incumbent won. Five members signed this petition which stated that we believe the former paramedic provider was the best in quality care, response times, etc.. We were questioned by the chief why we signed this and a week later we were all assigned different work schedules with extra duties by the chief. It is being grieved and the chief told our union president he has no intention of rescinding his order, the mayor stated he will back any decision by the chief. The above lawsuit is suing the chief, the mayor, and the city. A Boston Globe reporter has been following this story from the beginning and is "chomping at the bit" to talk to us, we've refused. Has a violation occurred?