University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, April 4, 1990
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New drivers keep buses rolling
By Chris Siron
Knapp staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Replacement drivers are making it tough on striking drivers in the five-week-old Greyhound strike.
Tim Jensen, station manager at the Lawrence bus terminal, 1401 W. Sixth St., said strike-breaking drivers had restored all bus service except for one eastbound Kansas City, Mo., and one westbound route through Denver.
The station had 18 buses coming through daily before the strike began, Jensen said.
"We never completely came to a stop here like they did in other parts of the country," he said. "We were operating at less than 50 percent of normal, but it's been picking up steadily since."
More than 6,300 Greyhound drivers and 3,000 office and maintenance workers went on strike March 2. The strike began because of job security concerns and wage disagreements.
Jeanne Fry, Grayhound spokesman, said the company had hired 1,519 replacement drivers and 480 union members who crossed picket lines. The company expects to have 3,200 drivers at work before Easter.
Jensen said there had been no picketing strikers at the Lawrence depot.
Fry said 82 percent of the striking non-drivers had returned. Greyhound announced it would not take back striking drivers until they went through the normal application process. Replacement drivers will not be fired to take back striking drivers.
Dave Owsley, regional services manager for Greyhound, said routes through Kansas City, Mo., had been cut from 16 to 12 as a result of the strike.
Owley said he expected the four canceled routes to be restored as more union drivers crossed picket lines and Greyhound hired more replacements.
He said that after about 25 buses nationwide were shot at, Greyhound withdrew from contract negotiations. Greyhound blamed the shootings on the bus drivers' union.
Greyhound representatives said they would not negotiate with union officials until the violence stopped for at least a month.
Unarmed security guards are situated around the Kansas City, Mo., terminal, Owley said. Some drivers are carrying citizen bands radios on their buses, but the Kansas City terminal has not required them.
Allen Hundley, regional officer with the Amalgamated Transit Union, which is representing striking drivers, said he called strike captains in an eight-state region every day to update them on the strike.
"I remind them every time I talk to them that there is absolutely no place for violence," he said. "We only had
"Some outsiders are going to do this as their idea of fun," he said. "They see it on the news and figure they won't be a suspect."
Hundley said there was no evidence that the shooting incident in Tulsa involved a Greyhound driver.
Hundley said that strike-breaking drivers had made negotiations more difficult but that the strike would continue.
"Greyhound refuses to negotiate and the drivers do want to work," he said. "But we are staying out. We're not going to give up until we get a fair contract."
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