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Interview no-shows and withdrawals during the hiring process are among the reasons why the Southwest Allen County Schools transportation director has seen the bus driver candidate pool shrink this year

After the loss of one of their bus drivers, a local school district honored them with a memorial drive Tuesday.

Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi says bus drivers who allowed scores of minors to travel from Zimbabwe to South Africa unaccompanied and without consent forms from guardians should have been arrested.

Jinhuan Chen, a commercial bus driver who blacked out on a Connecticut highway after eating THC-infused gummies was granted a special probation program that could result in the dismissal of charges.

The rank-and-file must now draw up their own red lines for the dispute and demand oversight of all further negotiations, rather than closed-door meetings of the company and Unite officials. They must reach out to other bus workers to develop a unified counteroffensive against the restrictions imposed by Unite from above.

Unite receives support from the Canadian union which is linked to the parent firm of Go North East.

Following the bus driver sickout, district leaders started to staff each bus compound with a "climate and culture staff member."

In a circular issued during the day, the state-run entity said the ban covers drivers of buses of its fleet as well as those leased from private operators, and includes use of headphones and Bluetooth devices.

The results are in for the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Brake Safety Week.

The Ohio School Bus Safety Task Force will hold its final meeting in Columbus today.