The union representing New Haven school bus drivers said it has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the city and the bus company, The Associated Press reports.
Ben Phillips, spokesman for CSEA/SEIU Local 2001, said a ratification vote will probably be held next week. The city’s 340 bus drivers and monitors have been without a contract since June 30.
The drivers recently authorized a strike if the negotiations with Ohio-based First Student Inc. failed.
Details of the agreement were not immediately released, but the union said it includes improved language on wages and health insurance.
