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Unions Coalesce Against Penalizing Bus Drivers

By SARAH DORSEY
Posted 6/22/15

The heads of almost every major city union have signed onto a letter supporting Transport Workers Union Local 100 in its push to exempt city Bus Operators from Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero law.

More than two dozen public- and private-sector union heads said the drivers shouldn’t face misdemeanor-arrest charges for “failing to yield” to a pedestrian who has the right of way without evidence that they were driving recklessly.

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