A majority of bus drivers transporting Facebook...
A majority of bus drivers transporting Facebook employees to its offices in Menlo Park, California, are looking to join a union, said a letter Teamsters Local 853 sent to the company last week (http://bit.ly/ZQ8DBQ). “While your employees earn extraordinary wages…
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and are able to live and enjoy life in some of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the Bay Area, these drivers can’t afford to support a family, send their children to school, or, least of all, afford to even dream of buying a house anywhere near where they work,” said Rome Aloise, Local 853 president. In addition to the meager pay, Aloise noted the long shifts -- which can start at 6 a.m., or last until 9:45 p.m. “This is reminiscent of a time when noblemen were driven around in their coaches by their servants,” Aloise said. “Frankly, little has changed; except the noblemen are your employees, and the servants are the bus drivers who carry them back and forth each day.” Facebook declined to comment.