American Medical Response Archives

County commissioners voted Feb. 21 to end a decades-long relationship with MetroWest and go with American Medical Response starting July 1.

For the first time in decades, American Medical Response (AMR) has a chance to outbid anti-union Metro West.

Over 600 ambulance crew members are voting on a a tentative agreement that brings more predictable schedules, more paid time off and raises.

Assaults on paramedics and EMTs have changed the nature of a job for workers who didn’t historically face on-the-job violence.

The 600-member unit provides ambulance service to Multnomah and Clackamas counties in Oregon, and Clark and Cowlitz counties in Washington.

Commissioner Loretta Smith was the lone vote against a contract with AMR, opposed by Teamsters, that eliminates a method of limiting workload.

AMR provides ambulance service to four metro-area counties

Tootie Smith pledges to shine a light on union tactics until her dying days.

Teamsters think it was Bernard who put the existing contract out for competition.