Tuesday, April 16, 2013 7:29:00 PM
4/14/13 Busing Update from Parents to Improve School Transportation
Look what the mayor’s own lawyers have said: Employee Protection Provisions are not illegal. Here is link to column by Juan Gonzalez on April 11:
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Friday, April 05, 2013 4:50:00 PM
We will fight to SAVE BUSING!
What has Bloomberg’s DOE done to school bus riders?
Provoked a strike by attacking the seniority hiring list known as EPP; then bragged about saving money while thousands lost instruction...
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Saturday, March 30, 2013 6:18:00 PM
This is a reminder of our efforts to bring awareness of the school bus problems to a bigger audience, and to organize ourselves for what's left of the school year.
As a veteran matron said on the PIST NYC facebook...
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Saturday, March 30, 2013 6:17:00 PM
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Result of random hiring during the strike where the owner (Joe Fazio) went out of his way to keep experienced union matrons from returning to their jobs:
Sleeping child left on a school bus! The child’s mother said that the driver...
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Saturday, March 30, 2013 6:14:00 PM
Update: About 24 (the majority) of experienced drivers and matrons at Tufaro Bus are still locked out, while the number at Rainbow/All American/Citywide is down from 87 to 30. Parent letters to the DOE and the press have been successful in aiding ...
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Saturday, March 30, 2013 6:08:00 PM
TODAY
Early Intervention budget Q&A (Thanks to Paola)
Rescheduled EICC Meeting, Friday, March 15th 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM videoconference (4 locations, must register to attend)
The Department will convene a meeting of the EICC by...
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Saturday, March 30, 2013 6:07:00 PM
Parents to Improve School Transportation Update 3/5/13
BUSING NEWS; ORGANIZING; EVENTS AND PETITIONS
BUSING NEWS
As far as we know, Rainbow and Tufaro are still locking out about 100 drivers and matrons in all; the...
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Saturday, March 30, 2013 5:58:00 PM
On Wednesday February 20, 2013, public schools were back and so were MOST school bus drivers and matrons who had been on strike. However, it took until the end of the week for owners at Jofaz Transport/Boro Wide Buses/Canal Escorts in Brooklyn,...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:39:00 AM
The strike was a confrontation between the business approach of the mayor which is that ‘companies should be able to hire whoever they want’ versus the union’s approach that ‘experience counts’. The use of replacements and the attempted lockouts...
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Thursday, February 21, 2013 3:37:00 PM
OL BUS FAMILIES CONDEMN POST-STRIKE ATTACKS ON MATRONS’ AND DRIVERS’ JOBS
Call for City Investigation Into Bus Company Violations of the WARN Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tony Murphy 347-602-1584
PIST hotline:...
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