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Look for him, okay? Princeton City School bus drivers and First Student, the employer, have reached a tentative agreement on ending the nine-day strike.

Tentative agreement.

Yesterday, nine day ...

Union representatives to the drivers are seeking better pay, route guarantees, and improved working conditions.

I gotta pause.

Improve working conditions? Is that, like, a better bus? Anyway, spokesperson said yesterday that, um, at least for First Student, the organization, a tentative agreement, yes indeed, had been reached with the union representing Princeton City School bus drivers.

Formal vote will be held today.

The district is moving forward with other options for rides to and from school.

Talks between First Student and union representatives for, uh, this strike are set to resume at 10:00 AM.

Now, there is no guarantee a deal will be reached today.

Princeton Schools is trying to fill the transportation gap in the meantime.

Late last night, the district moved to hire Queen City Charter and Jimmy's Limousine Service to provide emergency service for thousands of students who don't have a way to get to and from school.

The district says they're trying to help families and stop a big drop in attendance.

Princeton has contracted out bus service to First Student for more than a decade but have been looking for alternatives as the union representing drivers remains on strike as they ask for better pay, medical benefits, and more.

It is not clear when service will start again with the two outside companies or how much this is gonna cost, but as long as the strike continues, the district does not have to pay First Student for their service.

A couple plus ones.

First Student and the First Student Bus Drivers Union still striking, but are expected to s- uh, keep negotiating today.

Again, Princeton students, a lot of them, thousands of them left without a way to get to school, and the learning process has been greatly disrupted.

Blitz Five, Friday night.

This is thousands of families impacted.

Now contract negotiations stalled out between the drivers union and the company that runs the buses, First Student, and they have that private company and the workers set to meet again tomorrow morning.

So Friday morning we'll see if there's any progress.

Until a deal is reached, Princeton students though and their families caught in the middle.

They are working on a fix.

Drivers say they'll stay on the picket line until they get that higher pay.

First Student said that it is offering a 27% wage increase over four years and is, quote, "ready and willing to reach a fair agreement." In the meantime, Princeton also in talks with Metro to potentially help with transportation.

Unclear what that would look like, how much it would cost, who would foot the bill, all of that combined.

Well, I mean, Princeton, Princeton has nothing to do with, uh, with the buses on strike.

They, they pay First Student.

Uh, so-

Oh, I already know that.

That's the Teamsters

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I saw a First Student bus on the, on the 71 this morning.

I thought they all were on strike.

They are not gonna be penalized for not being in class.

The bus driver union is striking against First Student, which Princeton contracts with for bus service.

The union is pushing for higher pay, better benefits.

We haven't heard from either the union or First Student since Friday, so it is not clear when negotiations will resume.

Princeton is not part of those talks.

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