PIST NYC - Our greatest allies

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Here's an excerpt from a recent Facebook post by PIST NYC:

"What is missing from most coverage of the scandal is this: The sad state of New York City school busing got worse after Bloomberg's administration undermined the Employee Protection Provisions (EPP) that the union had won fair and square. The companies are impelled to use strict cost-cutting to lower their bids for DOE/OPT contracts; they offer worse pay/benefits and conditions to school bus drivers, attendants and mechanics; hundreds were made jobless or found retirement more appealing; the result is a shortage of trained, experienced bus professionals. [Indeed, a cohort of school bus companies has been in court lately, trying to eliminate EPP altogether against the testimony of parents, workers, and one or two other companies. If they win, we expect more of the same. Even if they lose, these proceedings stall the start of new route contract bids; so OPT recently extended contracts that in theory might not have been renewed otherwise.]"

Here's a link to the entire post ... https://www.facebook.com/groups/PISTNYC/permalink/914457488743956/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAVV3ijPyTTerTOLNN5m4eLpXgEgF3bmA0cyI-glsL8jhBpmaVS1tHxVkHzjZILuNpgiWU4R0kxHhdeZom1-6mmdgDpmq-ydSNUaIEo2Rg6SFnHRE8GbEToYAww98NSL5NMM1LF1EwTFkN9CHOEpdPg1vK34D5FHjXGBY0lq6e6rjMEiFZe&__tn__=-R