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Laidlaw (/ ˈ l eɪ d ˌ l ɔː /), organized as Laidlaw International, Inc. (with corporate headquarters in Naperville, Illinois) was the largest provider of intercity bus services, contract public transit and paratransit, and contract school bus service in both the United States and Canada.
After a month-long strike, bus drivers at Laidlaw Education Services in Los Angeles ratified a new contract in April 2002. [30] The strike occurred due to the disparity between the wages and benefits of drivers who are direct employees of the Los Angeles Unified School District and those paid by Laidlaw.
The suits named Laidlaw Transit, Anthony Scott, the school bus driver and the driver of the Toyota Celica as defendants, and each suit was settled in 2008. [10] Additional lawsuits were filed by families of about two dozen students who were injured and settled after the first four suits.
All seven Springfield school board candidates interviewed for the endorsement of Teamsters Local No. 245, which represent school bus drivers.
"We do not want to strike, but First Student has given us no other option," Kelly Placard, an 18-year veteran bus driver at First Student and Local 633 shop steward, said in the Teamsters statement.
During the 2019-2020 school year, many schools closed after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, leaving school bus drivers without work and adequate pay. Many found other employment by the time schools opened.
Chauffeurs, Teamsters, and Helpers Local No. 391 v. Terry , 494 U.S. 558 (1990), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that an action by an employee for a breach of a labor union 's duty of fair representation entitled him to a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment .
School bus driver absenteeism. In addition, bus drivers lack adequate training and experience, and many were frequently absent. The district was hiring a large amount of substitutes and was ...