NYC school bus firms plan to fire workers, end service to 150K students in contract dispute

News Source : New York Post
News Summary
- Bus companies Logan, Transportation Corp., Consolidated and Pioneer Transportation saw their contracts with the Big Apple end in June.
- The coalition will inform the state Monday of its plan set to take hold Nov. 1.
- The cancellation of bus service would come three days before the Nov. 4 election, which could roil the races for mayor and City Council.
- The bus companies earlier this month held off on sending out WARN notices at the request of the mayor’s office, in hopes that the contract dispute would be resolved in a matter of days.
A coalition of school bus companies plans to stop service to 150,000 city students and fire 12,000 unionized workers in a vicious contract standoff, The Post has learned.The coalition will inform t [+5145 chars]