TORONTO – School bus drivers serving several communities east of Toronto are on strike after contract talks between Unifor and First Student Bowmanville broke off Tuesday night.
The walkout affects routes in the Durham, Durham Catholic, Kawartha Pine Ridge and the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Boards.
Unifor Local 4268 says bargaining broke off shortly before the strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. over the key issues are of unpaid work hours and wages.
The drivers have been working without a contract since Aug. 31, 2017 and have been in a legal strike position since Dec. 10, 2017.
Parents are advised to visit the Student Transportation Services for Central Ontario and Durham Student Transportation Services websites for school listings and cancellation notices.
“It’s important that our kids get to school safely and that means well trained, responsible drivers,” said local president Debbie Montgomery.
Below is a list of schools affected by the strike.
Durham Catholic District School Board
Archbishop Denis O’Connor C.H.S
Father Joseph Venini C.S.
Father Leo J. Austin Catholic Secondary School
Monsignor John Pereyma C.S.S
Monsignor Paul Dwyer C.H.S.
Saint Mark the Evangelist Catholic School
Saint Paul Catholic School
Sir Albert Love C.S.
St Christopher C.S.
St Hedwig C.S.
St John Bosco C.S.
St John XXIII C.S.
St Joseph C.S. ‐ OSHAWA
St Kateri Tekakwitha CS
St Thomas Aquinas C.S.
Durham District School Board
Bobby Orr P.S.
College Hill P.S.
Coronation P.S.
Donald A. Wilson S. S
Eagle Ridge P.S.
Eastdale C.V.I.
Forest View PS
G.L. Roberts C.V.I.
Gordon B. Attersley P.S.
Harmony Heights P.S.
Jeanne Sauve P.S.
Kedron P.S.
Maxwell Heights S.S.
O’Neill C.V.I.
Pickering H.S.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau P.S.
Pringle Creek P.S.
R.S. McLaughlin C.V.I.
Roland Michener P.S.
Seneca Trail P.S.
Sherwood P.S.
Stephen G. Saywell P.S.
Sunset Heights P.S.
Woodcrest P.S
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Baltimore PS
Beatrice Strong PS
Bowmanville HS
C. R. Gummow PS
Central PS – Bowmanville
Charles Bowman PS
CIS – Campus (CIS) Bowmanville
Clarington Central SS
Clarke HS
Cobourg Collegiate Institute
Courtice Intermediate
Courtice North PS
Courtice SS
Dale Road Senior PS
Dr. G.J. MacGillivray
Dr. M.S. Hawkins Senior PS
Dr. Ross Tilley PS
Duke of Cambridge
Enniskillen PS
Grafton PS
Hampton Junior PS
Lydia Trull PS
M.J. Hobbs Senior PS
Newcastle PS
North Hope Central PS
Orono PS
Port Hope HS
Roseneath Centennial PS
S.T. Worden PS
Terry Fox PS
The Pines Senior PS
Vincent Massey PS
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