New York – More than 150,000 New York City public school students may have to find other ways to get to school Monday morning.
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The union representing the city’s school bus drivers is threatening to strike, in a dispute over job protection.
At issue is a new bus contract that could mean some drivers would lose their jobs.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says contingency plans are in place in case of a walkout. The city’s precautions include providing extra Metro Cards for students in case a strike happens.
Companies that operate yellow buses have also been preparing by posting job ads seeking replacement workers.
City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott will meet with reporters Sunday afternoon to update the negotiations.
Terrrible, awful. Parents and kids will have to get up and maybe walk (I hope vosizneias nevel peh policy doesn’t kick in) to school. I hope that attendance doesn’t go down, major federal bucks would be lost and Michelle’s lunch program would suffer from disuse. Awful, I’m chalishing.
Thank you mayor for standing up to unions. Enough of the unions thinking they can make the rules. Unions have lost their usefulness. “Unions” protector of the underachieving employee and not to mention the overpaid union heads
Yay. No traffic. Oh.. um down with the unions.