Unionized UPS workers vote to authorize a strike in high-stakes negotiations for a new contract
Unionized UPS workers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike on Friday, setting the stage for a potential work stoppage if the package delivery company and the Teamsters canโt come to an agreement on a new contract.
Shortage of Duval school bus drivers, end of hybrid learning model may lead to overcrowding
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. โ Tuesday was Duval County high school students' second day of being back on campus full time after the school districtโs hybrid learning model ended Monday. Teamsters Local 512, the union representing school bus drivers in Duval County, is concerned that the increase in students, coupled with a bus driver shortage, may lead to overcrowding on buses. She encourages any parents or students who are aware of bus overcrowding to contact Duval County Public Schoolsโ Transportation Department. Cardona said she was a bus driver in Duval County for 24 years and has never seen a driver shortage like what the school district is experiencing right now. And she said the shortage is the reason some parents may notice their studentโs bus driver is not always the same each morning or afternoon.
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