New York school bus drivers go on strike
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A man walks by idled school buses at the Atlantic Express Transportation after more than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning on Jan 16, 2013 in New York City. New York's school bus system ground to a halt Wednesday in the first strike by drivers in three decades, leaving 152,000 children looking for alternative ways to get to class. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Strikers stand in the rain outside of the Atlantic Express Transportation after more than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning on Jan 16, 2013 in New York City. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Strikers stand in the rain outside of the Atlantic Express Transportation after more than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning on Jan 16, 2013 in New York City. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Children go back to school after having a week off due to Hurricane Sandy at P.S. 6, the Lillie Devereaux Blake School on Nov 5, 2012 in New York, New York. New York's school bus system ground to a halt Wednesday in the first strike by drivers in three decades, leaving 152,000 children looking for alternative ways to get to class. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Strikers stand in the rain outside of the Atlantic Express Transportation after more than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning on Jan 16, 2013 in New York City. -- PHOTO: AFP
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School buses are seen parked behind a locked bus depot fence in the Queens borough of New York on Jan16, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A man walks by idled school buses at the Atlantic Express Transportation after more than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning on Jan 16, 2013 in New York City. New York's school bus system ground to a halt Wednesday in the first strike by drivers in three decades, leaving 152,000 children looking for alternative ways to get to class. -- PHOTO: AFP
Strikers stand in the rain outside of the Atlantic Express Transportation after more than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning on Jan 16, 2013 in New York City. -- PHOTO: AFP
Strikers stand in the rain outside of the Atlantic Express Transportation after more than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning on Jan 16, 2013 in New York City. -- PHOTO: AFP
Children go back to school after having a week off due to Hurricane Sandy at P.S. 6, the Lillie Devereaux Blake School on Nov 5, 2012 in New York, New York. New York's school bus system ground to a halt Wednesday in the first strike by drivers in three decades, leaving 152,000 children looking for alternative ways to get to class. -- PHOTO: AFP
Strikers stand in the rain outside of the Atlantic Express Transportation after more than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning on Jan 16, 2013 in New York City. -- PHOTO: AFP
School buses are seen parked behind a locked bus depot fence in the Queens borough of New York on Jan16, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
NEW YORK (AFP) - New York's school bus system ground to a halt Wednesday in the first strike by drivers in three decades, leaving 152,000 children looking for alternative ways to get to class.
The union, ATU Local 1181, did not say how long the strike, called over a disagreement with the city on job security, would continue.
Union president Michael Cordiello said on NY1 television that the strike, which also included staff who help children get on and off buses, could go on indefinitely unless Mayor Michael Bloomberg comes to terms.
"The fact of the matter is that in June, 2,500 of our members will be out of work. He's given us no choice but to fight for our jobs," Cordiello said.
