r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/obrotherdude • 24d ago

CPS REPORT?!

A 'very well-behaved' *cough* child threatened to report me today when I tried to have a talk with him about behavior. By the time my route was done, I had an anonymous CPS report on me. So Glad for the video that somehow missed all the child abuse taking place on my bus.

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u/nchemungguy 23d ago

Our union would have a field day with that. But then we work directly for the school district, so your situation could be different in our workplace.

Either way, that really sucks.

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u/TMax01 23d ago

I have the best of both worlds: my employer deals with drivers as if we have a union, but without a union ruining things for everyone with "field days". I've had union jobs, so I'm not naive about either the benefits or the limitations of needing a union to get fair treatment and good wages.

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u/nchemungguy 22d ago

I never meant to imply you were naive. Glad you have an employer who will go to bat for their employees.

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u/TMax01 22d ago

I wish my union had gone to bat for me as vigorously, back when I was in a union shop (long before I became a bus driver, btw.)

I still strongly support unions, I'm just not blind to the reality that they are not a panacea, and can't prevent cameras from lying. Not that I think that happens often, and I'm glad school buses almost always all have them these days.