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8,000 NYC Bus Drivers Strike over Job Security

HeadlineJan 16, 2013

More than 8,000 school bus drivers and matrons have gone on strike in New York City in a dispute over job security and the outsourcing of their contracts. New York City has put its deals with the private bus companies that hire the drivers up for bidding, a move the drivers say could threaten their jobs at the end of the school year.

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