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First Student school bus drivers might strike due to unsafe conditions and coons on buses
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:21 am
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:21 am
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ZACHARY - Privately employed school bus operators for First Student in Zachary and Central could go on strike after they voted unanimously to take a job action, which is a way to show their dissatisfaction with working conditions without refusing to work.
"As of right now, the job action could be various things. We have not ruled out an actual strike. There are no specific dates or anything right now. That depends on the response that we get from First Student," Local 1546 President George DeCuir said.
They did this just months after unionizing with the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1546, which represents around 400 school bus operators between Zachary and Central. According to the unit, the operators are working under unfair conditions for First Student.
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"There are multiple safety issues that we've been in conversations with the company. It's anywhere from the employees dealing with bodily fluids, unsafe diesel fuel, things of that sort," ATU International Vice-President Anthony Garland says.
The operators claim there have been unfair labor practices, stalled negotiations, and even times when animals like raccoons have gotten into the buses.
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Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:23 am to SPEEDY
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unsafe diesel fuel
What does this mean?
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:23 am to SPEEDY
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coons on buses
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:24 am to SPEEDY
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:25 am to SPEEDY
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coons
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:27 am to SPEEDY
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unsafe diesel fuel,
Say huh? They adding gasoline to it or something?
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:30 am to SPEEDY
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There are multiple safety issues
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:39 am to SPEEDY
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ATU drivers said their pay scale varies and they feel newer drivers are getting paid more than long-time school bus operators. "We haven't heard or been to the negotiating table with First Student in over three months, and the workers have grown tired. They want a just, fair, contract with their company," DeCuir said
This is NOT about unsafe driving conditions
What a fricking farce this is
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:41 am to SPEEDY
EBR is so fricked
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:41 am to Cosmo
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What does this mean?
Probably buying it from the cheapest source possible, which is funny because they get excise tax relief.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:42 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Nobody GAF about school bus drivers.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:44 am to N2cars
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:51 am to SPEEDY
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coons on buses
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:53 am to SPEEDY
"I got bit by a black widow at the bus stop the other day......
...yeh, she was in her 40's"
- Theo Von
...yeh, she was in her 40's"
- Theo Von
Posted on 4/21/25 at 9:06 am to SPEEDY
People in Zachary and Central say the same thing about their neighborhood.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 9:10 am to SPEEDY
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This is NOT about unsafe driving conditions
If the union is involved, it is always about money.
This post was edited on 4/21/25 at 9:23 am
Posted on 4/21/25 at 9:30 am to N2cars
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Nobody GAF about school bus drivers.
Until people who are used to bus service have to start taking their kids to school and picking them up.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 9:31 am to SPEEDY
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coons on buses
Nope not touching this one
Posted on 4/21/25 at 9:32 am to SPEEDY
I thought this was about letting students drive the bus
Posted on 4/21/25 at 9:36 am to SPEEDY
How did they get the coons off the bus? Wait until they are 16?
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