Our employers are First Student, Laidlaw and Durham School Services, the top three providers of school bus transportation services in the country. It is in large part due to a hardworking and dedicated staff of school bus workers that these companies are so successful.

And they are successful. The profits these companies rake in are astronomical. These multinational corporations are able to maximize their profits by minimizing costs. This shifts the burden onto qualified, well-trained school bus workers employed by these companies.

At unorganized privatized school bus yards all over the country, school bus drivers, attendants and mechanics are often faced with low wages, inadequate and unaffordable health insurance and a lack of respect. This is starting to change, as more and more workers are forming their union and negotiating for improved work standards.

Please click on the below links to find out more about our employers—First Student, Laidlaw and Durham School Services, including information on their global reach, profit margins and union density. Read more about the latest developments in FirstGroup’s buyout of Laidlaw.