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Union for First Student authorizes strike if no deal is reached on contract negotiations by March 31
Teamsters school bus workers nationwide authorized a strike by 88% over stalled talks on retirement, health care, and paid time off, with unfair labor charges filed.
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters school bus workers at First Student voted by an 88 percent margin to authorize a strike if the company fails to reach a contract agreement by the March 31 expiration date.
- The National Master Agreement covers more than 17,000 members represented by 96 Teamsters locals, with unresolved disputes over retirement security, health care, guaranteed hours, and paid time off.
- "We don't want to strike, but we will if the company doesn't," said Jean Auguste, bus worker and member of Teamsters Local 251. The union also filed an unfair labor practice charge against First Student.
- First Student effectively canceled bargaining scheduled for March 30 and 31 to pursue what the union called "frivolous litigation." The company now faces a March 31 deadline to reach an agreement.
- The union represents 1.3 million people in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Matt Taibi, Director of the Teamsters Passenger Transportation Division, stated the organization has been raising school bus industry standards for decades.
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First Student Is Authorizing Worker Strike - The Pulse of NH
A union that represents bus drivers across the Granite State is authorizing a strike. First Student says its over 17-thousand workers nationwide will walk off the job March 31st if an agreement isn’t reached on a brand new contract. Among things that still need to be agreed on are paid time off, standards for minimum […]
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