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PiN tHiS sHizZniT - Detroit bus drivers refuse to work - scared shitless!!!
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'Scared for their lives,' Detroit bus drivers refuse to work
'If the drivers aren’t safe, the passengers aren't safe,' spokesman says
Bus drivers in the city of Detroit halted public transport on Friday, as they refused to take the wheel without support from law enforcement, local media reported.
..A representative for Mayor Dave Bing, told NBC station WDIV-TV that the drivers showed up for work, but declined to start out on their routes. The Detroit Free Press reported the group numbered about 100.
The mayor's office said Bing planned to hold a press conference at 2 p.m. EDT to announce a deal with the drivers, the Free Press reported.
WDIV reported that the walkout comes on the heels of the beating of one of the city's drivers. The Thursday attack, which was caught on tape, stoked concern among the other bus operators, the WDIV report said.
Henry Gaffney, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 26, which represents the drivers, told the Free Press he's scheduled to meet with the mayor and other officials later Friday.
"It’s not just for my members, because if the drivers aren’t safe, the passengers aren't safe," Gaffney told the newspaper. "This is not the first incident. This is the incident that broke the camel’s back."
Gaffney also told local TV station WWJT that the drivers are "scared for their lives. This has been an ongoing situation about security. I think yesterday kind of just topped it off."
He described the incident to the Free Press, saying a group of young men in their late teens and early twenties attacked the driver after he pulled away from the Rosa Parks Transit Station in the city's downtown area without stopping for a friend of theirs.
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