1181 Leading Fight Against Parent Bus Vouchers

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Just the suggestion of Cathie Black to pay parents to take their special ed kids to school was enough to spur 1181 and others into preemptive action. Mike Reilly of the Community Education Council is on his way to Albany today and will meet up with 1181's lobbyists there regarding same. At the end of this month (28th or 29th) 1181 will be going up to Albany with buses to lobby members of the state legislature. Anybody who would like to go should contact the union. It will be a work day, but there are jobs at stake here and they would like to have a few members from each yard around the city. (I would think some casuals and shapes should be willing to sacrifice their half-day's pay to help insure they have a job.) P.I.S.T. - Parents to Improve School Transportation - will also be supporting us on this, as they have on other busing issues.