SAN MARCOS — On Monday, Jan. 13, representatives from the Hays County EMS and Hays County EMS Association, CWA Local 6115 signed a ceremonial Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
A CBA is “an agreement between the employees and the employer that established the guidelines for compensation, benefits, discipline [and] overall working conditions between the two,” according to Zack Phillips, the president of the Hays County EMS Association, CWA Local 6115.
The Hays County EMS Association is the organization that “represents the voice and wants of the field staff, essentially. We do the collective bargaining and then, we represent employees in any type of disciplinary meetings or grievances with the company,” Phillips continued.