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Boston's school bus drivers returned to work relatively smoothly yesterday after a three-week strike, although a spokesman for them said additional disagreements have developed with ARA Services, Inc., which provides the buses...
Kara A. Spelt, the spokesman for Local 8751, said that ARA yesterday improperly fired one bus driver and gave stand-by runs--normally assigned to union drivers--to drivers who had substituted during the strike. Nevertheless, the drivers will not strike again, she added...
...ARA has hired non-union substitute drivers and union drivers to drive the students to school. Kara Speltz, a union spokesman, questioned the capabilities of people who "are willing to drive unsafe buses...
...ARA and Local 8751 held negotiations Sunday night, but they broke off without making progress...
Harry R. Belinger, an ARA official, said the union's allegations are "absolutely ridiculous," adding that ARA has acquired 300 new buses--all of which have been inspected within the last month. He said the substitute drivers are well trained and properly licensed...