AFL-CIO Protests Non-Union RIDE Bus Drivers, Staff
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] While Warwick Schools were able to meet all their bus route needs despite challenges with a national bus driver shortage, the ranks of RIDE bus drivers could be filled by non-union DATTCO workers, a move the RI AFL-CIO protests will undermine driver wages and benefits.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/buses-sawtooth.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — As nationwide bus driver staffing shortages persist, union bus drivers, monitors and aides ask Rhode Island’s Department of Education (RIDE) to stop courting the largely non-union company […]