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Nearly 75 Bus drivers with Durham School Services filed into a conference room at the North Charleston Coliseum to say enough is enough. More>>
Unionized bus drivers in Charleston, Beaufort and Dorchester District 2 have planned a press conference Tuesday to address what they call "serious concerns" with bus safety. More>>
Charleston County bus drivers say they have agreed to a deal with Durham School Services that will avoid a work stoppage. More>>
School officials for Beaufort County Schools said Wednesday night that bus drivers and monitors had reached a deal with Durham Bus Services. More>>
Durham School Services bus drivers who drive for the Charleston County School District will vote on a new contract with the bus company on Saturday, a source close to the negotiations said. More>>
Durham School Services said Friday they were making "very good progress" in negotiations with the bus drivers union. More>>
What can be learned from three weeks of negotiations, since a strike was first authorized by drivers? More>>
Representatives of Durham School Services walked out of negotiations Tuesday morning, according to a source with information on the talks. The bus company refuted that information, though.
SPECIAL SECTION: Union, Durham work to avert strike
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It took Dawn Connor about 15 minutes to write this letter showing her support for Durham bus drivers who service Charleston County schools. More>>
The Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority has offered to step in and help Charleston area students get to school if unionized bus drivers strike. More>>
"Some want to strike can't, some don't want to strike -- it's a mix feeling thing," said Applewhite. "Most people don't want to leave. I didn't want to leave the children but I got to work for retirement." More>>
Teamsters Local 509, the union representing bus drivers for Dorchester, Beaufort and Charleston counties, said Thursday evening that they had made progress with Durham School Services and have plans to go back to negotiations on Monday. More>>
Charleston County School District Superintendent Dr. Nancy McGinley said Wednesday afternoon the district had 30 trained and licensed drivers at their disposal in the event of a strike. More>>
The Teamsters union issued a statement late Wednesday in response to the 1 p.m. press conference by the Durham School Services chairman. More>>
Durham officials said in a press conference Wednesday that negotiators for the bus company and the Teamsters union were slowly coming together on salary increases. More>>
Officials with Durham School Services said Wednesday morning they had scheduled a press conference for 1 p.m. at the company's offices in North Charleston. More>>
A bus headed to Academic Magnet High School caught fire Tuesday morning on Highway 17, officials with Charleston County School District said. More>>
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