First Student School Bus Workers Choose Teamsters Local 570 Representation

Drivers and Monitors for Baltimore City Public Schools Unite for Respect

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Dec 23, 2014, 03:03 ET

BALTIMORE, Dec. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- First Student school bus drivers and monitors who transport children attending Baltimore City Public Schools have voted to join Teamsters Local 570 in Baltimore. The 113 school bus workers work out of First Student yards in Baltimore and Severn, Md., and joined the union seeking respect, fair pay and dignity at work.

"We're pleased to welcome these hardworking school bus drivers and monitors to the Teamsters. We look forward to working hard to represent their interests on the job," said Sean Cedenio, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 570.

The drivers and monitors will be covered by the Teamsters' master agreement with First Student. The national contract covers more than 21,000 Teamsters who work at First Student in the United States. Economics and individual gains at First Student in Baltimore will be negotiated by Teamsters Local 570.

The Teamsters Drive Up Standards campaign is a national campaign to improve safety, service and work standards in the private school bus and transit industry. Since the campaign began in 2006, more than 38,000 drivers, monitors, aides, attendants and mechanics have become Teamsters.

For information on the Teamsters Drive Up Standards campaign, go to www.driveupstandards.org.

Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Visit www.teamster.org for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/teamsters.

Contact:
Sean Cedenio (410) 284-5081

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