ATU Local 1181 to set the record straight on school bus crisis
For Immediate Release
December 5, 2011
New York , NY - School bus drivers, mechanics, and escorts will join NYC council members, borough presidents, parents, and other supporters to stand up and demand safe and secure bus transportation for NYC school children at a noon rally at City Hall on Tuesday, December 6.
The City and Mayor are threatening crucial provisions that ensure well-trained bus drivers and experienced mechanics and escorts, who have safely and securely transported hundreds of thousands of school children to and from school for more than 30 years. The Mayor has created unnecessary anxiety and fear by politicizing the situation.
The well being of school children along with the jobs and benefits of hard working people are too important to jeopardize while allegedly saving a few bucks. The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181, which represents the 9,000 school bus employees, will set the record straight on the school bus crisis at the rally.
What: New York City school bus drivers, escorts, mechanics and supporters will rally for student safety and security on New York City’s school buses
When: Tuesday, December 6 at Noon
Where: Steps of City Hall, New York City, NY
Who: Michael Cordiello, President, ATU Local 1181
Assemblyman Marcos Crespo
Daniel Gatto, President, IBT Local 854
John Samuelsen, President, TWU Local 100
John Lyons , President, ATU Local 1179
George Miranda, President, IBT Joint Council 16
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
NYC Councilmember Robert Jackson
NYC Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez
NYC Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer
NYC Councilmember Daniel Dromm
Senator Gustavo Rivera
Margaret DePaula, PIST Representative
Arthur Schwartz, President, Advocates for Justice
Reverend George Haigler III, Trinity Morrisania United Methodist Churh
Leonie Haimson, Class Size matters (tentative)
Contact: David Roscow, 202-537-1645 or 202-487-4990 (cell)
Emily Browne, 212.691.2800
