Bus driver strike avoided after union, First Student announce tentative agreement

Nancy Lavin

11/01/2022

A NEW TENTATIVE AGREEMENT between the Service Emloyees International Union 1199 New England and First Student Inc. was announced Tuesday, after 275 Rhode Island bus drivers, monitors and aides threatened to strike for better hours and pay.

PROVIDENCE – A strike that would have taken 275 Rhode Island bus drivers, monitors and aides off the job beginning Wednesday was narrowly avoided, with the labor union and bus company announcing a new, tentative agreement. The proposed contract between Service Employees International Union 1199 New England and First Student Inc. comes after months of…

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