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Mayor Renews Pledge Of Financial Relief For School-Bus Staff

By RICHARD STEIER
Posted 2/26/14

Mayor de Blasio Feb. 25 indicated he may soon reinstate the Employee Protection Provision governing job security and compensation for school-bus workers that then-Mayor Bloomberg eliminated 14 months ago, triggering a month-long strike by the members of Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union.

The EPP, which had been in effect since 1979, guaranteed drivers and escorts that if the route on which they were working was taken over by another of the private bus companies with which the Department of Education has operating agreements, they would retain their seniority rights and salary and benefit levels under their new employers.

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