Attendance Drops for Special Ed Students on First Day of Bus Strike
Hear the update after day one of the city's school bus strike6:01 p.m. | Updated This story was updated to include the latest busing and attendance figures from the Department of Education.As the city...
View ArticleAttendance Rises Slightly on Day Two of School Bus Strike
The Department of Education said student attendance was a little higher on the second day of the school bus strike, about 90 percent overall. But schools serving students with serious disabilities...
View ArticleLabor Board Still Investigating Bus Complaints
The National Labor Relations Board said Monday that it's still investigating two complaints by a coalition of school bus companies that's seeking to stop the yellow bus strike in New York City.Regional...
View ArticleOngoing NYC School Bus Strike Frustrates Special Education Families
A wheelchair-accessible taxi (photo by Kate Hinds)(Beth Fertig - New York, SchoolBook) A day after New York City said it would pay car companies directly to transport eligible children with special...
View ArticleBus Strike Meeting of Union and Companies Set For Monday
Representatives from the school bus companies and the striking union will meet at Gracie Mansion Monday, in a session arranged for by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.Though no city officials will be present,...
View ArticleOpen Letter from a Mom Derailed by Bus Strike
Editor's Note: The author has her own blog called Autism Wonderland in which she chronicles life with her autistic son. The original version of her open letter to the mayor first appeared there.Dear...
View ArticleMeeting Yields No Resolution of Bus Strike
Striking school bus drivers and private bus companies concluded their meeting with a mediator on Monday with no resolution to the ongoing school bus strike, now entering its third week, and no plans...
View ArticleRe-Trained School Bus Drivers Serving as Matrons
As the school bus strike stretches into its third week, some drivers are working as matrons in order to get more routes running. As of Tuesday morning, Atlantic Express on Staten Island brought in...
View ArticleSchool Bus Workers Union Seeks to End Strike
The Brian Lehrer ShowLarry Hanley, international president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, discusses the school bus strike negotiations.As the school bus strike goes into its third week, Local 1181...
View ArticleCity Council Urges Mayor to End School Bus Strike
City Council members released a letter Thursday, pressuring Mayor Michael Bloomberg to end the school bus strike. The 44 members, including Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a reluctant critic of the...
View ArticleNLRB Rules in Favor of School Bus Strikers
A ruling from the National Labor Relations Board found in favor of the striking bus drivers and escorts, arguing that the labor action was legal because the union was engaged in a dispute with its...
View ArticleWalcott: City Has No Role to Play in Ending Bus Strike
Schools chancellor Dennis Walcott repeatedly asserted over two hours of testimony before the City Council on Friday that the city had no role to play in ending the school bus strike, now in its fourth...
View ArticleSchool Bus Workers Face Cold Reality of Strike
Since January, one of the coldest on record, Tommy and Dina Nero have been a presence at the picket lines nearly every day. A bus driver and matron, as well as husband and wife, the couple has been...
View ArticleSchool Bus Workers Face Cold Reality of Strike
Tommy and Dina Nero are school bus workers who have been off their route for weeks because of the strike. (Photo by Stephen Nessen/WNYC)(Stephen Nessen - New York, SchoolBook) Since January, Tommy and...
View ArticleUnion Suspends School Bus Strike
7:57 p.m.|Update Local union 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union, representing thousands of school bus drivers and matrons, ended its strike five weeks after it started, setting the stage for all...
View ArticleStrike Ended, Walcott Promises Better and Cheaper Bus Service
The month-long school bus strike that affected more than 100,000 public school children is over, and by the middle of this week, buses will be ready to take kids to school.Schools Chancellor Dennis...
View ArticleWhat Did the Democrats Really Promise the Bus Workers Union?
The city's first school bus strike in over 30 years ended when the five Democrats running for mayor issued a statement calling on the union to go back to work. The statement allowed the union to...
View ArticleDisappointed School Bus Workers Return to Routes
At the Atlantic Express bus depot Wednesday morning bus workers hustled into the depot office to find their matron and which bus they'll be driving. It was the first day back on the job after a strike...
View ArticleBus Strike Took Toll on Special Needs Kids
By all appearances, our city has forgotten about Willowbrook, the state-supported school for children with developmental disabilities that was shut down nearly 40 years ago due to its inhumane and...
View ArticleSchool Bus Workers Facing Major Pay Cut
New York City school bus workers are expected to have their pay slashed and benefits cut, starting April 15. Both Michael Cordiello, president of the union local representing some of the drivers and...
View ArticleSchool Bus Company Says it Will Shut Down After Union Rejects Contract
The school bus company Atlantic Express said it will go out of business at the end of December, after the union rejected its final offer for a new contract on Wednesday.The Staten Island-based company...
View ArticleSchool Bus Drivers To Get Salary Boost
The City Council approved an unusual bill to give $42 million to school bus companies in order to raise the wages of their drivers and other workers.
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