(HAVERSTRAW, NEW YORK) - Paid Workers from the Haverstraw Ambulance Corps have voted unanimously to join the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA).

The group has had overwhelming support from the community and cited the reasons for organizing as building power at work to improve standards of care.

CSEA has a rapidly growing Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Union Membership in New York State.

EMS Professionals are improving the profession through collective bargaining and political action, while pushing back against cuts and declining standards.

EMT Brittany Delahanty said: “Our number one priority is the quality care we give to the community.  A strong voice on the job is very important to be able to advocate for that care. We united for safety, professionalism and community care. Having a Union means a guaranteed contract with our employer, having an open dialogue and being able to make changes on the job like working conditions, benefits and pay. We are so excited to join CSEA.”

CSEA Southern Region President Anthony Adamo said: “On behalf of more than (30,000) Members of the CSEA Southern Region, I am honored to welcome the Haverstraw EMS team into our Union. These Workers are the brave people on the front lines caring for the community at what could be the worst time of their lives. They deserve no less than to be treated with the utmost care, respect and dignity on and off the job. Joining together with a collective voice to improve the conditions of their employment is honorable. Forming their Union is the first step toward getting the improvements they seek for themselves, their families and the improvements in the public health of the greater Haverstraw Community.”

Haverstraw EMS is also now united with 25,000 EMS Workers in AFSCME (the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees) - CSEA’s International Union, and nearly 3,000 CSEA Members in represented in Emergency Medical Services positions.

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