Sacramento First Responders Vote To Join Rival Union
First Responder Emergency Medical Services workers have voted to leave the National Emergency Services Association and join a rival union. FREMS -- a Sacramento-based company -- has 136 eligible workers. According to mail ballots counted Monday, 67 workers voted to join United EMS Workers-American Federal of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 4911, while 21 voted to join no union and zero voted for NEMSA.
- "Sacramento Emergency Workers Vote To Join Rival Union" (Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 8/13).