Penny Kmitt is a reporter for WBZ-TV's morning news. She joined the station in December 2023 from CBS-affiliate WTKR in Norfolk, Virginia. A possible bus driver strike that had some Massachusetts ...

School bus drivers for First Student, a company that provides school bus services across Rhode Island, has authorized a nation-wide strike ahead of the expiration of the national contract between the ...

The agreement comes as the current contract expired on March 31 First Student employs 17,000 school bus workers across the country The new union contract is described as "strong" and "fair" The ...

A potential school bus driver strike that could have disrupted service across Massachusetts was averted Tuesday after First Student and the Teamsters reached a tentative contract agreement covering ...

Union members and the First Student school bus company have reached a tentative agreement to avoid a potential strike, the Teamsters union announced Tuesday morning. The contract between both sides ...

First Student is used by several districts in the area, including Belvidere, Rockton and DeKalb.

FITCHBURG – A national bus drivers strike involving members of the Teamsters and busing vendor First Student could lead to drivers in several Worcester County school districts going on strike at the ...

The Teamsters union and the school bus company First Student, with multiple locations in Rhode Island, reached a tentative deal over a new national contract, after the Teamsters threatened to strike ...