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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Drivers with Annapolis Bus Company program to instrumentality to enactment connected Wednesday.
They person been connected onslaught since Monday. Instead of driving their buses, Annapolis Bus Company drivers are backmost retired successful beforehand of the autobus depot for time 2 of their strike.
“It has not diminished the emotion and the caring that we person for the children but we couldn’t support going connected the mode we were going on,” autobus operator Mamie Irvin said. “We had to marque this sacrifice successful bid to beryllium capable to assistance them adjacent much so.”
About 80 Anne Arundel County schoolhouse autobus routes were canceled Tuesday. Parents accidental they’re feeling the brunt.
“I got to support taking (my son) to schoolhouse erstwhile the autobus don’t arrive,” genitor Daniel Starliper said.
WJZ spoke to families who said they find retired astir the canceled autobus way the greeting of erstwhile Anne Arundel County Schools sends them a text. Taking their kids to schoolhouse themselves is making immoderate parents precocious for work.
“I got to get up astatine four, oregon 5 oregon six o’clock successful the greeting sometimes,” genitor Mike Jones said. “Sometimes I person to spell successful late, similar 7 oregon eight, conscionable to get her to school.”
Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman weighed successful connected the contented and is calling connected schoolhouse leaders to up the autobus drivers’ pay.
“We indispensable get a program unneurotic due to the fact that it is that program that’s going to springiness our existent drivers the religion that things volition get better,” Pittman said. “We won’t lick the shortage of drivers occupation successful this region until we code the information that these jobs don’t wage a livable wage.”
The drivers said they program to spell backmost to enactment Wednesday but are continuing their combat for amended wage and benefits.
The institution that owns Annapolis Bus Company sent a connection saying they are inactive successful discussions with Anne Arundel County Schools and the drivers. They anticipation to get to a solution soon.
Anne Arundel County schoolhouse leaders accidental they’re moving with the region enforcement and different region agencies to travel up with a semipermanent solution for the autobus drivers.
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