Las Cruces school bus drivers say they won't go on strike after a bargaining session with their employer. Texas-based Student Transportation Specialists of New Mexico pledged to seek more dollars for driver pay from the Las Cruces school district.
Bus driver Virginia Tarin tells the Las Cruces Sun-News (http://bit.ly/A7APta ) the 180-member union had considered the company on the verge of breaching an existing bargaining agreement at which point, bus drivers would have been free to strike.
Instead, Tarin says the company gave the union a promissory note pledging pay raises this summer.
Drivers staged a picket Monday to address their wage issues.
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Information from: Las Cruces Sun-News, http://www.lcsun-news.com
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