Mat-Su district officials said school will remain open during the strike. They said families will be responsible for taking students at nearly all buildings to and from school, as well as arranging transportation to after-school activities.
Teamsters Local 959 members employed by Durham School Services to drive Mat-Su Borough School District school buses picket for better terms. Members voted to strike on Tuesday.
“We are disappointed to report that the local Teamsters Union, representing bus drivers and attendants working for Durham School Services, chose to strike with no advanced notice to the District after delivering students to school this morning,” district officials said in a statement Tuesday. FitzGerald emphasized that union officials made sure students were left with responsible adults Tuesday morning before the strike started. He also said they understood the strain the strike placed on parents in the district.
“We are prepared to meet and bargain with the Union to bring an end to this disruption,” said the company’s statement.
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