Nearly 150 bus drivers for the Seattle School District are poised to strike, citing ‘frustratingly’ slow contract negotiations with Zum, one of the two companies providing bus services for schools. FOX13
. This led the district to reconsider their choice of vendor, and they awarded a contract to Zum in Spring 2022. However, by the summer, Zum announced they could not fulfill the terms of the contract and ended up splitting it with First Student for the school year.
"As these negotiations have dragged on, it has become clear that Zum made an unrealistically low bid to the Seattle School District to take this work, and they want to pass responsibility for that decision onto their workers rather than themselves," said Teamsters Local 174 Secretary-Treasurer Rick Hicks.
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