{"id":630169,"date":"2025-08-26T19:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T23:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/?p=630169"},"modified":"2025-08-27T18:53:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:53:14","slug":"windham-southeast-students-will-have-a-ride-to-school-while-bus-workers-remain-on-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/26\/windham-southeast-students-will-have-a-ride-to-school-while-bus-workers-remain-on-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid work stoppage, bus company brings in replacement workers for start of school in Windham County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" data-attachment-id=\"573617\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/school-bus-10-20240305\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/school-bus-10-20240305.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1331\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;School buses are parked outside Mt. 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Mansfield Union High School in Jericho on March 5, 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the school year begins Wednesday, the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union says students will still have transportation to and from school \u2014 even as contracted bus drivers and monitors remain locked out from their jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unionized drivers and monitors with Vermont Teamsters Local 597 <a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/23\/days-before-the-school-year-begins-windham-southeast-districts-contracted-bus-drivers-walk-the-picket-line\/\">started picketing last week <\/a>after their employer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelkuz.com\/\">Travel Kuz<\/a>, locked them out of the company\u2019s Vermont headquarters due to fraught contract negotiations. But Windham Southeast Superintendent Mark Speno wrote in a statement Tuesday that replacement drivers will be brought in to cover routes for the supervisory union\u2019s 10 schools in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, Putney and Vernon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speno wrote that the supervisory union was assured that \u201creplacement drivers are prepared to step in to ensure that transportation runs as smoothly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-light-blue-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1c1b4f74 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c0213cbd22f6b8fbb5ef50a67f12df73\" style=\"padding-bottom:0\">READ MORE<\/h5>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-2 is-landscape mobile-stack  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"630169\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"629981\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-teamsters-local-597 tag-windham-southeast-school-district tag-windham-southwest-supervisory-union category-economy category-regional category-southern-vermont category-windham-county type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/23\/days-before-the-school-year-begins-windham-southeast-districts-contracted-bus-drivers-walk-the-picket-line\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/school-bus-4-20240305-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Days before the school year begins, Windham Southeast districts\u2019 contracted bus drivers walk the picket line\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/school-bus-4-20240305-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/school-bus-4-20240305-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/school-bus-4-20240305-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/school-bus-4-20240305-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/school-bus-4-20240305-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"573621\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/school-bus-4-20240305\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/school-bus-4-20240305.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1331\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;School buses are parked outside Mt. Mansfield Union High School in Jericho on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1709632792&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;school-bus-4 20240305&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"school-bus-4 20240305\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;School buses are parked outside Mt. Mansfield Union High School in Jericho on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/school-bus-4-20240305-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/school-bus-4-20240305-1200x799.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/23\/days-before-the-school-year-begins-windham-southeast-districts-contracted-bus-drivers-walk-the-picket-line\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Days before the school year begins, Windham Southeast districts\u2019 contracted bus drivers walk the picket line<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/greta-solsaa\/\">Greta Solsaa<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-08-23T06:55:00-04:00\">August 23, 2025, 6:55 am<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-08-26T21:23:51-04:00\">August 26, 2025, 9:23 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur hope and expectation is that an agreement will be reached quickly between the two sides for the benefit of all involved, and especially for our students,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curtis Clough, president of the Vermont Teamsters Local 597, said Tuesday that the union will continue to picket every day at the Travel Kuz headquarters in Gill, Massachusetts, and outside Windham Southeast schools while the lockout is ongoing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The union met with the company \u2014 affiliated with Beacon Mobility \u2014 on Friday, and contract negotiations are active, but Clough does not foresee a quick end to the lockout due to \u201cbig concessions\u201d the company asked for during the last bargaining meeting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concessions include restrictions on family and medical leave and prohibiting drivers from taking on extra hours, which \u201cwould considerably dilute the earning ability of the drivers that work there,\u201d Clough said. He added that the company&#8217;s proposal would also take away bus monitors&#8217; pay guarantees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The union plans to demonstrate outside of Brattleboro Union High School on Wednesday, the Academy School on Thursday and Green Street School on Friday in Brattleboro, Clough said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travel Kuz did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Correction: A previous version of this story mischaracterized the type of labor dispute between the employer and its employees.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union will have a ride to school, while local drivers and monitors remain locked out by their employer, Travel Kuz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1807,"featured_media":573617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-08-26T23:50:14Z","apple_news_api_id":"ca4fb9fe-90c4-426e-b0d4-073c5c0ea377","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-08-27T22:53:18Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEw==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Ayk-5_pDEQm6w1Ac8XA6jdw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"everlit_article_id":"","everlit_hide_embed":false,"everlit_embed_size":"","everlit_generation_settings":[],"_everlit_article_id":"","_everlit_hide_embed":false,"_everlit_embed_size":"","_everlit_generation_settings":[],"_everlit_content_hash":"","_everlit_metadata_hash":"","_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"Students in the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union will have a ride to school, while local drivers and monitors remain locked out by their employer, Travel Kuz.","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[15900,2777,24982],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"govpack_profile_tax":[],"coauthors":[164955],"class_list":["post-630169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-bus-drivers","tag-teamsters-local-597","tag-windham-southeast-supervisory-union","entry"],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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