Approved school bus company contract increases hours, wages for union workers

Nancy Lavin

11/22/2022

BUS DRIVERS, monitors and aides with the Service Employees International Union 1199 New England recently approved a new contract with First Student Inc. that includes more hours and a wage increase.

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island school bus drivers, monitors and aides are guaranteed an extra 7.5 hours of weekly work and a 19% pay bump under a recently approved contract between the labor union and the bus company. The Nov. 9 contract between Service Employees International Union 1199 New England and First Student Inc. was “overwhelmingly”…

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