Approximately 575 school bus drivers will be getting behind the wheel Thursday, now that a strike that could have affected more than 8,000 Toronto students has been averted. In a news release late Tuesday, Unifor said it had reached a tentative agreement with Stock Transportation, the company that employs the drivers. The dispute revolved largely around work the union said drivers perform unpaid after and between driving their routes. "Driving a school bus is now partially volunteer work — instead of regular paid employment," Montgomery said earlier this week. A strike would have affected approximately 4,105 students in the Toronto District School Board and 4,235 students across the Toronto Catholic District School Board, TDSB spokesperson Ryan Bird said earlier this week.

Source: CBC News May 01, 2019 02:34 UTC