NYC's Mayor Bloomberg Provokes School Bus Strike - 27:10
Mayor Bloomberg Provokes School Bus Strike, Hurting
Workers, Parents and
Children
with
Richard Gilberg, Attorney, ATU Local 1181
and
Jimmy
Hedge, Exec. Board Member, ATU Local 1181
Union busting is
disgusting. NYC's Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181, representing school
bus drivers, escorts, and mechanics was forced onto picketlines to save its
very existence, due to Mayor Bloomberg's insistence on removing Employee
Protection Provisions from contract language affecting the 9,000 workers.
This change would impact current and future union members, allow companies
to low bid contractors due to cheap labor, and put 150,000 children’s lives
in the hands of inexperienced drivers to navigate the hectic streets of
NYC. This is a lose lose situation for union members and parents and
children!
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