Rhode Island School Bus Drivers Back on Roads With New Contract

School bus drivers return to the roads in Providence, R.I., after ratifying a four-year contract with employer First Student Transportation, a union spokesman told Bloomberg Law.

The drivers originally requested a pension plan but settled for a modified Teamsters 401(k) plan on Oct. 13, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 251 spokesman Nick Williams said. For every hour a driver works, the employer will allocate 50 cents to a Teamsters defined contribution plan, according to the new contract.

Williams previously alleged that the company wasn’t contributing to employee 401(k) plans, while the company said that the Teamsters’ pension fund, which they ...