re: EBR Bus drivers threatening sick out without a raise

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Is this a Nola thing?

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I guess. Almost no private school uses busses here. Holy Cross used to run a few busses out to Metairie and to the West Bank. Not even sure if they do that now

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1 driver per bus, right? So right now they have 50 extra drivers without a bus to drive? I realize there must be a few backups/spares but why would they need 50 more buses than drivers?

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Sounds like a good side job, become a bus driver without a bus.

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All other private schools have to pay for private busing.

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I get it. But in BR, when I was going to school, the private schools still used busses and relied on them heavily. My elementary school alone had more than 10 busses

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What specialized skill set do they offer? Or qualifications do they need? None

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Awesome. Should be extremely easy to let them walk and have the busses rolling again then

Good

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What the morons on the advocate and the drive by media are posting is the lump sump pay amount. "They only get 22k/year", nevermind the $14k that just got approved last night for them. Ok, break that down to hourly pay, plus benefits. Put that on a help wanted sign with just the facts of the pay/benefits/hours. Watch how many people apply for the job. These bus drivers lack perspective. It's a job you can easily do part time. You can get another job to fill the 6 hour gap and make a very good living. How many of these bus drivers have a second job? I'd be willing to bet these people aren't go getters looking to provide for themselves. However, they are low information types that just want a "living wage" which ironically doesn't pay as well as being a bus driver in EBR.

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I’m not denying all of your points but what isn’t getting enough discussion in here is the kids they have to drive around. It’s not a safe job. Fights, weapons, disrespect, misbehavior, parents wanting to fight the bus driver, etc all while trying to pay attention to the road/traffic and get these criminals in training from one place to another safely. They don’t want to be on that bus anymore than they want to be at school and the bus drivers get little to no support regarding behavior. They are also hiring very poor drivers who are honestly frightening to watch because that’s probably all who will take the job.

You’d have to pay me a lot more than they’re offering to drive a bus in Baton Rouge. That offer would be decent in the suburbs.

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Public schools are just a free day care for parents and so the kids can get a couple of free meals

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Free? Have you seen your tax bill?

A week into the school year, no. But there is something about having 3 months to figure this shite out before the first week of school.

How about Mr Janitor, I know you are making $28k a year, but how would you like to make $48k a year and all you have to do is drive the kids to school on a bus you don’t own.

Or Mr PE teacher instead of $45k how would you like to make $65k and drive the bus to school.

That’s the way it used to be, but now driving a bus for 4 hours a day 9 months a year is seen as a career?

But no, they wait until the first week of school and negotiate using children. Those are people we think have our kids best interest in mind.

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For the richies, that includes the private school buses.

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What kind of bitch rides the bus to private school?

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That’s the way it used to be, but now driving a bus for 4 hours a day 9 months a year is seen as a career? But no, they wait until the first week of school and negotiate using children. Those are people we think have our kids best interest in mind.

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So attorneys, lawyers, accountants, doctors, etc and anyone that works for people or the public should never ask for more money? Look, if they aren’t worth the raise, then that means they are easily replaceable and there are people willing and able lined up to replace them