Last updated Tuesday 3/31/2026 at 11:44 a.m.
WAYLAND, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — A nationwide bus driver strike had been averted after the union and First Student Transportation company reached a tentative agreement Tuesday.
Nearly 18,000 union bus drivers, monitors, attendants and mechanics across the country threatened to walk off the job if no deal was reached by the time their contract expires on Wednesday.
Tuesday's tentative deal avoided that strike.
School districts in Wayland, Hudson, Lincoln-Sudbury and more across Massachusetts employ bus drivers from First Student Transportation.
The Teamsters Union representing those workers said the new deal includes stronger retirement benefits, health care benefits and more protections for all members across all local agreements.
WBZ NewsRadio’s Amanda Keane reports.