Unions......destroying this country one day at a time.

Some take out there insecurities on others, aspen is a lead example of such nonsense. To each there own? Right? You all know what they say about opinions? There like a**holes .. we all have one. No need to be a jerk because your views differ.

Thank-You McD's for allowing District 51 Bus Drivers to come in and drink the cheapest and best cup of coffee. First Student has told us to find a place to park out, it is kind of hard to find a place to park that will accomodate a bus and not take up customer parking. We cannot leave our bus running more than 3 minutes (Anti-Idling Policy)or we can be fired. We come into these places to keep warm or cool off as we have no air-conditioners on buses. We save the School District money by mileage/fuel by not returning to the lot, we usually stop at a spot on the way to our next school. Please know what you are talking about when you make comments. By the way I cant find the Doughnuts at McD's! Oh and I am a college educated bus driver.

I was shocked when a parent of a child I transport asked me why we were striking. After saying I knew nothing about striking, she was shocked. She said "How can you work for someone and have a union and not know your striking?". GOOD QUESTION!! I am a Teamster who has my own issues with First Student and who has never been afraid to voice my issues. I make it a point to listen when we have a Union meeting or a Safety meeting so that when I do voice my opinion on any issue, I have my facts straight so that I do not end up doing what one of my co-workers did and stir up something as ridiculous as saying were striking. To my co-worker...ATTEND A MEETING & PAY ATTENTION! To those of you who do not work with us...TAKE 5 MIN TO TALK TO A DRIVER,(we can be found Mon-Fri at any BK, McDonalds, City Market or empty parking lot between 7am and 8am) LOL

You guys are in a union? Do yourself a favor and lose the union. Keep the dues for yourself. There's your raise.

FACT: bus drivers in this valley DO get paid while they are sitting at McDonalds, BK, etc waiting to pick up elementary kiddos....

Now is a rough time to decide to strike. There are a lot of people out there who would take this job at the current pay. Not saying ya'll don't deserve a raise, but you need to look at the cost/benefit of a strike...

People that live here are mean to each other!

yepp, crying solves ALL your problems!

To all of the people that posted negative comments about the drivers... we are not asking to get rich. Al we are asking for is the ability to make ends meet. There is not one of you out there that would just stand by closed lipped about not receiving a raise yearly for the work that you do. Nor would you just take it on payday when you have discovered that you were shorted by multiple hours. Only to have to argue with payroll( knowing you have documents proving your point) only to be told it will not be corrected. If this was solely about a paycheck many of us woul have long since quit. We do this job because we love the children. Seeing a kindergartener's face the first time they step onto the bus. The random "stolen" flowers from the sweetest and sometimes most defiant children. We all come to love all of your children as if they were our own and do the very best we can to protect them and get them safely to school and home for you. We all report to work before the sun comes up, many of us not signing off until long after the sun goes back down again. And now between our company and the community that we serve so diligently we are being told we don't deserve the basic ability to support our families or to feed and cloth our own children. You would pay $15+/ hr to the man that hauls away your trash... when did your children start to rank lower?