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Drivers and Monitors with North River Collaborative Join Teamsters Local 653
(SOUTH EASTON, Mass.) – After a three-year fight for representation, drivers and monitors with Massachusetts’s North River Collaborative have officially gained recognition as members of Teamsters Local 653 in South Easton, Mass. The 108 workers transport students with special needs …
School Bus Drivers Ratify New Agreement That Ends 9-day Strike
Teamster Local 174 members who drive school buses for the Seattle School District met at the Union Hall this morning to vote on a fully-recommended agreement. The agreement passed a vote of the membership by a wide margin, bringing to …
Chicago Tribune: Super Bowl Sunday Just Became a Paid Holiday for These School Bus Drivers
There are many parts of First Student school bus drivers’ new union contract that excite 11-year bus driver Sammie Sledge. Not least among them: Super Bowl Sunday is now a paid holiday. “Super Bowl Sunday, baby,” said Sledge, just after …
Teamsters at First Student Chicago Unanimously Ratify New Agreement
(CHICAGO, Illinois) –Bus drivers and monitors in Chicago, Ill. voted unanimously to ratify their first union contract with First Student as members of Teamsters Local 777. The agreement covers approximately 115 workers and provides annual improvements throughout the life of …
School Bus Monitors And Drivers In Wright City, Mo. Join Teamsters Local 610
(WRIGHT CITY, Mo.) – With more than 85 percent of the bargaining unit participating in the election, drivers and monitors at Durham School Services in Wright City, Mo. have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 610. ”Despite Durham’s attempts to …