Bus driver strike: document sent to drivers causes confusion

Bus driver strike: document sent to drivers causes confusion

The school bus drivers’ strike continues in the Pontiac and numerous people expressed shock due to social media posts indicating that the drivers had received a layoff notice from their employer, Autobus Lasalle. Denis Ouellette, a representative of Teamsters Local 106, the union representing the drivers, explained that the drivers had been sent their record of employment, a document they typically receive at the end of the school year, only this time the reason for the work stoppage was listed as a strike. Ouellette said that while this is an odd move by the company, it is a legal formality and not the same as a layoff notice.

CHIP 101.9 has reached out several times to the public relations company representing SOGESCO, Autobus Lasalle’s parent company, but has not yet received a response.

According to union representatives, they haven’t received any communication from the company since the beginning of the strike.