The union representing 2,000 Philadelphia school bus drivers and maintenance workers authorized a strike Saturday if they don’t have a new contract by the end of the month.
“What do we want? Contract! When do we want it? Now!” the union members said. 32BJ also represents the mechanics, bus attendants, building cleaners and engineers, and trades workers who support Philadelphia’s 215 schools and 114,000 students. Bynum, a union official who has spent two decades working in the district’s transportation department, said the school system must step up.
32BJ is also asking for more continuing education for some members — from active-shooter and de-escalation training to training on how to identify asbestos for workers who may encounter it.Larisa Shambaugh, the district’s chief talent officer, said in a statement that officials remain “hopeful that we will be able to agree to fair and sustainable terms of a contract that values and supports our employees.
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