Name: Durham bus employees call out due to salary issues
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Description: Nearly 50 school bus drivers did not show up for work Wednesday in Durham, forcing parents to arrange their own transportation as protests continue over salary issues in the district.

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Nearly 50 school bus drivers did not show up for work Wednesday in Durham, forcing parents to arrange their own transportation as protests continue over salary issues in the district.

BUT ANOTHER ARCTIC BLAST HEADS OUR WAY FOR THE WEEKEND. HOUSE SHOW YOU THAT COMING UP. >> PROTESTS OVER SALARY ISSUES IN DURHAM CONTINUE. AND TODAY IT AFFECTED HOW STUDENTS GET TO SCHOOL. THE DISTRICT SAYS ABOUT 50 BUS DRIVERS DIDN'T COME TO WORK THIS MORNING. SOME TELL WRAL THE PROTESTING THE CHANGES TO PAY WRAL'S. MONICA CASEY JUST SPOKE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DURHAM SCHOOLS TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS, MONICA, WHERE THEY HAVE TO SAY. >> WELL, THE MAIN MESSAGE HERE TODAY IS AN APOLOGY. SUPERINTENDENT PASCAL MUBENGA AND SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR BETTINA UMSTEAD ARE APOLOGIZING TO EMPLOYEES ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND PROMISING THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THESE ISSUES FOR DAYS NOW. TODAY, SOME OF THESE EMPLOYEES SPECIFICALLY BUS DRIVERS, MECHANICS AND SUPERVISORS CHOSE NOT TO COME TO WORK TO PROTEST, CREATING A MAJOR TRANSPORTATION HEADACHE THIS MORNING, MANY EMPLOYEES HAVE TOLD WRAL THEY'VE HAD YEARS OF SERVICE IN OTHER PLACES THAT THEY WERE GETTING CREDIT FOR WHITE OUT OF THEIR PAYCHECK. THE DISTRICT SAYS STATE YEARS OF SERVICE, WHICH INCLUDES WORK AT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, STILL COUNTS. WE'VE SPOKEN EXTENSIVELY WITH PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS ABOUT THESE ISSUES. NOW, BUS DRIVERS, MECHANICS AND SUPERVISORS WANT THEIR VOICES HEARD. >> THE REASON THE BUS THAT BREAKDOWN AND THOSE MAKE IT TO THE WANTED YOU TO THOSE BUSES, ENOUGH FOOD, FOR EXAMPLE, TODAY WAS REALLY COLD OFF OF SOME OF THOSE BUSES TO START. YOU HAVE TO A COUNTY TO TO MAKE SURE THAT'S WHAT SOME OF THOSE BUSES, FORTUNATELY FOR EYES WERE ABLE TO WORK SURROUNDING DISTRICT. WE HAVE A COUPLE MECHANICS THAT GAME TO HELP US TODAY. >> AND THIS MORNING, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PUT OUT A MESSAGE TO PARENTS ASKING THEM TO BRING CHILDREN TO SCHOOL IF THEY WERE ABLE TO. FOR MORNING DROP-OFF. THEY SAY THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING THIS AFTERNOON WITH THAT MUBENGA SAYS HE IS HOPING EMPLOYEES COME BACK TO WORK TOMORROW AND HE PROMISES THE DISTRICT IS CONTINUING TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE. >> YEAH, IT'S A TOUGH SITUATION ALL THE WAY AROUND. THE KIDS ARE THE ONES LEFT OUT IN THE

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