Why Southwest Ambulance workers are threatening to strike

Fed up with union bargaining negotiations, Southwest Ambulance workers are threatening to strike — even as the union has meetings set up with Rural/Metro Corp., the ambulance operator's parent company, this week. Kevin Burkhart, president of the International Association of Fire Fights Local I-60, said contract negotiations have been ongoing since their labor contract expired in 2012. "When Rural/Metro was bought out by a private equity firm, they wanted to get rid of our pension plans," Burkhart…
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