Susan Reeves, a First Student shop steward, was recently featured in the Teamsters Local 959 newsletter. Read more.

School bus mechanics with First Student in Nashua, New Hampshire, have voted to join Teamsters Local 633 in Manchester, bringing all of the First Student school bus workers at this location under Teamster representation. Read more.

The Teamsters First Student National Bargaining Committee will begin negotiations on a national agreement with First Student in June.

Here’s a delicious slice of solidarity from our co-workers at Durham in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania! They voted to join the Teamsters on April 23 and recently shared their support, and some cake, with drivers who are organizing with the Teamsters in the state. Thanks, Spring Grove! And for those of us who didn’t get a piece, we’ll be content staring at this picture….

FirstGroup America will look to its parent corporation for interim leadership after the departures of its president and chief financial officer. Mike Murray, president and CEO, will leave First Group May 1 to pursue other opportunities.

Bus drivers and monitors with First Student and First Transit in La Crosse, Wisconsin, have voted to join Madison-based Teamsters Local 695 by more than a 2-to-1 margin.

Thirty-five First Student school bus drivers and aides in Harrison, Michigan, have voted to join Teamsters Local 486 in Saginaw to secure a voice and fairness in their workplace.

School bus drivers and monitors with First Student in South Holland, Illinois, have voted to join Teamsters Local 777 in Brookfield. The 215 workers are looking forward to improving their working conditions, including gaining fairness and respect from their employer.

We’re voting in our Teamster elections this week at Durham in Kansas City, Missouri, and at First Student in Verona, Illinois and Duxbury, Massachusetts. Keep checking out this page for vote results! We want to thank all of our coworkers at Durham, First Student and other bus companies nationwide for your overwhelming support!

First Student school bus drivers in Concord, Calif., voted overwhelming, 32-3, today in favor of representation by Teamsters Local 315 in Martinez. There are 42 workers in the bargaining unit.