Following nearly a year of bitter struggle, the 800 members of the Boston School Bus Drivers’ Union, United Steelworkers Local 8751 rang in the new year, having won a successful contract. It contained the first-ever “Retirement with Dignity” package for those who have served the city’s schoolchildren and the cause of equal, quality education since 1974.
ALL OUT for Wednesday August 24 Community-Student-Labor Solidarity Rally with Boston School Bus Union 6 PM Boston Teachers Union Hall @ Bayside Mall (near JFK/UMass stop on Red line) - and - Aug 25 SOLIDARITY DAY on the PICKET LINE 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. First Student, Inc. Freeport Bus Yard 10-32 Freeport St., Dorcehster, MA (near Dorchester Ave & Hoyt St.)
To ENDORSE the Community-Student-Labor Solidarity Rally on August 24 and the August 25 Solidarity Day on the Picket Line, go to
Endorsers include: Greater Boston Labor Council AFL-CIO; Massachusetts AFL-CIO; IBEW Local 2222 striking Verizon workers; Coalition for Equal Quality Education; Fanmi Lavalas Boston; Bail Out the People Movement; International Action Center; Women's Fightback Network; Bishop Filipe Texeira OFSJC, Diocese of St. Francis of Assisi, CCA; Boston City Councilor Charles Yancey; Boston City Councilor Felix Arroyo; Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson; Dorotea Manuela, Chair, New Mission High School*; Boston Mayday Coalition; Ed Childs, Chief Shop Steward, UNITE-HERE Local 26*; Milt Neidenberg, Teamsters Local 840*; Shane Hoff, United Transportation Union 1741 Delegate to San Francisco Labor Council; Roberto Torres-Collazo, Latinos & Latinas for Social Change; Boston United Antiwar Committee (UNAC); ANSWER Boston (list in formation; *=for identification only)
To ENDORSE the Community-Student-Labor Solidarity Rally on August 24 and the August 25 Solidarity Day on the Picket Line, go to
Union-Busters Shut Down 100% 500+ Drivers and Community/Labor supporters Shut Down First Student's June 25 Bid.
Demonstration Demands: No Concessions! Contract Justice, Now!
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More than 500 Boston school bus drivers from Steelworkers Local 8751 and supporters achieved 100-percent shut down of First Student, Inc.’s union-busting “summer bid” and ramped up the struggle for contract justice. Supporters included City Councilor Charles Yancey, the Greater Boston Labor Council, Massachusetts AFL-CIO, UNITE-HERE Local 26, the Women's Fightback Network, and the International Action Center. Local 8751 once again demonstrated to First Student and their city government co-conspirators the unbeatable power of “old school” Union Solidarity!
Local 8751 Resolution: In the Spirit of César Chávez:
En el espíritu de César Chávez:
Boycott the Apartheid State of Arizona!
¡Boicot al Estado de Apartheid de Arizona! Read and download the resolution, in English and Spanish
