The Mat-Su school bus driver strike is pressing on with no end in sight.
Mat-Su bus drivers protest for a better contract offer on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. The union representing the drivers is accusing the company that employs them, Durham School Services, of canceling meetings to negotiate a contract and refusing to address safety concerns.. It means most of the more than 18,000 students at the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District don’t have bus service — now for nearly two weeks.
Patrick FitzGerald, spokesman with Teamsters Local 959, said the union made an offer to Durham during negotiations on Thursday. He said the offer was rejected, and Durham officials left the meeting early. “Without coming back to the meeting, they logged off and sent us a text saying, ‘We are resorting to last, best, final’” FitzGerald said.
The last offer the company sent to the union included 8% to 14% raises and a $1,500 bonus upon ratification of an agreement.
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