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Local 2507 takes on the feds regarding coronavirus safety measures

Spectrum News NY1 https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/03/12/health-care-workers-battling-coronavirus-voice-concern-over-safety-# Health Care Workers Battling Coronavirus Voice Concern Over Safety By Kristen Shaughnessy New York CityPUBLISHED 10:53 PM ET Mar. 11, 2020 Those on the front lines of the new coronavirus crisis say it’s […]

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Unions Criticize Mayor’s Revelation

Disclosure That EMT Has Virus Pits Privacy Against Public Right to Know By Bob HennellyMarch 13, 2020 RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT?: In a public-health crisis, experts say officials need to balance the right of the […]

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Paramedics Save Four at Deadly Deli

By DIANE S. WILLIAMSFebruary 26, 2020 Four deli workers sickened by lethal carbon monoxide gas are alive today after a heroic rescue by Fire Dept. Paramedics in Local 2507. Two Paramedics responded to an early morning […]

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Pay EMTs what they deserve: End the indefensible disparities between these and other first responders

New York Daily News By ADRIENNE ADAMS and JUSTIN BRANNAN February 22, 2020 Among their many responsibilities, New York City’s uniformed first responders rescue people in perilous, life-threatening situations while maintaining public order. The work of New York […]

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Low pay driving out experienced 1st responders

A critical situation? Low pay driving out experienced 1st responders, unions say February 14, 2020 By Irene Spezzamonte | ispezzamonte@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Low wages for emergency medical services workers and cops are driving away […]

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Fire Prevention Inspectors

After a massive fire at a Bronx junkyard killed one employee and injured another, the FDNY created Bureau of Fire Prevention, charged partly with inspecting salvage yards to find hidden dangers that could cost lives, […]