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Hartford's School Bus Workers Speak Out for Livable Wages

Patricia Gaskin and Kim Bell Interviewed

Patricia Gaskin and Kim Bell Share Concerns About Bus Subcontractors with the Press

September 02, 2010

Bus drivers and monitors are "blowing the whistle" on city contractors bent on depriving their workers of a living wage, evading local property taxes, and risking student safety.

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Standing Up to Contracting-Out in Our Schools

Pearl Potter Interviewd on Outsourcing

Pearl Potter Tells the Reminder News How Private Contractors Cut Corners on Student Safety

Community allies in Preston have helped show the Board of Education that outsourcing student transportation will actually cost taxpayers more than keeping the district's school bus services local.

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Driving Up Standards in Student Transportation

Maria Rodriguez Speaks to New London BOE

Maria Rodriguez Makes the New London School Board Aware of their Contract Dispute

Our members who are the bus drivers and monitors that have safely and reliably transported New London's schoolchildren for 12 years are urging fairness and respect from their employer.

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Our School Bus Workers

Bus Driver Lydia Pacheco

New Haven Public Schools Bus Driver Lydia Pacheco

Our members are committed to supporting bus drivers, monitors, and lot workers for local school boards and private contractors who are joining together for a voice on the job.

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Our Bus Yard Issues

James Jenkins at School Bus Safety Forum

James Jenkins at School Bus Safety Forum

Local Boards of Ed are increasingly contracting out school bus services to private employers, too often to those who fail to provide workplace democracy to its drivers, mechanics, monitors and aides.

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