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UPDATE: First Student Unifor Strike Avoided

Bus drivers serving schools in the Kincardine-Port Elgin area and the Bruce Power Plant will be on the roads Thursday morning, according to a post on the Student Transportation Service Consortium of Grey-Bruce's website.

Unifor Local 4268 and First Student Bus Company have come to a labour agreement.

Union officials told CKNX News that if a deal had not been reached before 12:01am Thursday, they could commence job action.

Local 4268 represents 65 school bus drivers serving schools in Port Elgin, Kincardine, and along the lake shore area. The drivers also shuttle workers from Port Elgin and Kincardine, to the Bruce Nuclear Power plant.

The last collective agreements expired last August, and months of negotiations have failed to produce a deal.

The main issues were scheduling and money. The last collective agreements expired last August, and months of negotiations have failed to produce a deal.

**With files from Janice MacKay**

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