* School bus drivers from Scott City, Poplar Bluff, Mo., and Clarkton, Mo., did not unionize as indicated in an article in Thursday's Southeast Missourian. A statement from the Teamsters union said First Student workers in Cape Girardeau, Scott City, Poplar Bluff and Clarkton joined the union Tuesday. Those towns referred to locations of First Student bus yards where votes to unionize occurred, said Galen Munroe, spokesman for the union. The 55 drivers and aides who joined the union work in the Cape Girardeau School District, he said. The district contracts bus services with Cincinnati-based First Student. The Scott City School District owns its bus fleet and employs the bus drivers.
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