Our Issues - Bus Drivers

Council 760 Chapter I103 Vice-President Marie Rodriquez and Steward Sheri Burgess are Driving Up Standards for School Bus Workers at Laidlaw’s Southeast Yards

Our members working in student transportation face many challenges on the job, from providing safe, reliable service to our public school children, to reducing the high turnover in our bus yards. The issues our members are committed to addressing in our bus yards, at the negotiating table, and in the State's General Assembly include:

•  Increasing retention by raising income standards and creating opportunities for access to affordable health care for bus yard workers
•  Providing additional training for all bus drivers to meet State and Federal student transportation safety standards
•  Establishing and protecting bus yard workers' rights to representation
•  Enforcing workplace safety and health standards for bus yard workers and the children we serve

 Click here to visit the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection's website page outlining their School Bus Subcommittee's report and review of diesel engine exhaust on school bus drivers and students.

 Click here to access our School Bus Workers United Campaign media page, where you can read articles, watch video, and listen to audio of news reports featuring our members calling for companies and public agencies to take responsibility for safety in the student transportation industry.