Fired Worker Explains Absence, Is Reinstated
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NEW YORK — An ambulance worker fired with more than 40 co-workers who called in sick in a pay protest has been reinstated because she was in a hospital recovering from surgery for an on-the-job injury, a mayoral spokesman said.
Donna Carillo was fired by telephone Saturday morning but her dismissal was rescinded hours later. The workers are demanding pay parity with police officers and firefighters.
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