A strike of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) planned for Friday is on hold as the company and union prepare for a last-minute bargaining meeting Thursday night.
The EMTs work for the private ambulance company American Medical Response (AMR), which contracts with the city of Seattle to provide some ambulance service. The company and the EMTs’ union, Teamsters Local 763, have been negotiating a new contract since January. In late November, union members rejected AMR’s latest contract offer and authorized a strike. The company had not agreed to meet with the union since, both sides said.
On Thursday afternoon, AMR executives agreed to a meeting and the union agreed to suspend their plans for a strike.
Teamsters Local 763 Secretary-Treasurer Scott Sullivan said in a statement the union is “suspending the strike deadline in a show of good faith.”