BPS says most kids will have to get home on their own this afternoon as a wildcat strike by drivers against the city's new bus contractor continues - only 20 buses are running.
The steelworkers union, which represents drivers, told them they should return to work and first go through a grievance process with Veolia, which has the contract to run bus service for more than 33,000 BPS, charter and parochial school students in Boston.
The Globe reports Veolia formally locked out workers at the Hyde Park bus yard around 11:45 a.m.
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A teacher at my school told
By BPlusPlayer
Tue, 10/08/2013 - 4:15pm
A teacher at my school told me last week that the late bus tried to drop one of the students off in South Boston. This bus was only supposed to drop students off in Dorchester and East Boston. They need to be tracked.
Well the buses are rolling
By kvn
Wed, 10/09/2013 - 8:43am
Well the buses are rolling today, yet many people are calling for the workers' heads on platters, everyone is a labor lawyer. The powers that be want Boston to be perceived as a forward world class city , yet they allow this to happen. This action is well beyond the issues of dollars , its about how people are respected in the city of Boston. People need to work for a society to function , and workers need to have dignity . There are Greenways , murals on the Greenways, random pianos on the streets , and all other sorts of la da la cultural bullshit propping up the facade, but when it comes to the nuts and bolts , the wee people just trying to make their daily bread ,it looks like BPS and the other big cheeses fail the course. The taxpayers should look beyond the wildcatting workers and see the essence of the issue , and not allow this mentality , instead of taking the easy way out , blaming it on unionism. I have said I was against the busing before it started, because it was a social experiment cloaked in the pretense of equality and opportunity, when it was just a deflection and avoidance of the responsibilities and capabilities of the powers that were, to put out a quality product of education , instead of diluting it. But these people have nothing to do with that, they are entitled by a Greater Power , that need no election to any man made office , to work with dignity and respect. This was a drastic action , at least respect the fact that these people had the cojones to stand up for what they believed , and maybe give a thought to why they did it. Not that I am a labor lawyer, but maybe they all had a drink of water from the water bubbler that hasn't had its filter changed in a decade and got a stomach problem.
My take away
By anon
Wed, 10/09/2013 - 11:24am
A big FU to BPS parents who had to miss work at all kinds of jobs yesterday, white and blue collar, to make arrangements for their kids' transportation.
The drivers are members of a union, an entity whose primary purpose is to represent them in labor grievances. If that's not effective, why are they members of the Steelworkers union? If the union is a good thing for them, then why the need to ruin everyone else's day instead of working through the accepted channels? This isn't under-represented group of migrant farm workers here.
I have no more respect for these people than I do for the GOP that shut down the government - its the same principle at work.
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