Here is a statement from Andrea Flinders, President of the Kansas City, Missouri, Federation of Teachers and School-Related Personnel, AFT Local 691, to Durham school bus workers:

"The Kansas City Federation of Teachers and School-Related Personnel, AFT Local 691, wholeheartedly supports the efforts of the Durham bus drivers and monitors to organize. We know that a union is more than a collective bargaining agreement – more than improved wages and benefits. By organizing, the Durham bus drivers and monitors will have a voice on the issues that directly affect them: safe buses, safe routes and fair treatment, and KCFT & SRP are 100% behind them."