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Speaker 1: One day before the deadline, the Teamsters union representing First

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Speaker 1: Student bus drivers settled on an agreement to keep the

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Speaker 1: wheels turning round and round. First Student bus drivers are

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Speaker 1: in ninety six districts across the country, including Whalen, Duxbury, Plymouth,

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Speaker 1: and Moore around central and western Massachusetts. The Teamsters announced

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Speaker 1: that they did vote to strike if an agreement wasn't reached.

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Speaker 1: Hours later, the agreement was announced, including improved actests to

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Speaker 1: healthcare benefits and retirement benefits for drivers in communities like

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Speaker 1: Whyland where kids can opt for the met Go program.

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Speaker 1: Their breathing of sigh of relief, as those kids would

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Speaker 1: have no other way to get to school.

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Speaker 2: The MECO students would be very impacted by this because

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Speaker 2: it would be a lot.

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Speaker 3: Harder to get to school in the morning and after school.

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Speaker 1: They still have to vote to accept the agreement, but

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Speaker 1: it's expected to pass. Amanda Keen WBZ, Boston's news radio