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Bus Driver Recruitment w/ Dennis Maga of First Union: 12 April, 2023

Bus Driver Recruitment with Dennis Maga of First Union.AB_.mp3 mp3, 18.23 MB
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Since Covid there has been a bus driver shortage leading to around 1000 buses being cancelled every day. Alex talked to Dennis Maga, the General Secretary of First Union about the challenge to recruit drivers. Pay is part of the problem but so are working conditions. Maga describes the realities of doing split shifts, the impact on health and family life, and how bus drivers feel a duty of care for their passengers even when they are subjected to verbal and, occasionally, physical abuse.