2018 DeKalb County School District bus drivers' strike

2018 DeKalb County School District bus drivers' strike
2018 DeKalb County School District bus drivers' strike
Date	April 19, 2018 – April 23, 2018
Location	DeKalb County, Georgia
Caused by	Poor pay; Little or not employee benefits;
Goals	Salary increase; Guaranteed leave and healthcare;
Methods	Sick-out;
Status	Coalition and DCSD in negotiations;
Parties
DeKalb County School Bus Driver Solidarity Coalition; General Defense Committee Atlanta Chapter; Industrial Workers of the World Atlanta chapter;	DeKalb County School District administration
Lead figures
	Melanie Douglas; Heather Sabel-Sowers R. Stephen Green; Eileen Houston-Stewart
Number
900 bus drivers; 382 participants

The 2018 DeKalb County School District bus drivers' strike was a strike held on April 19, 2018, by nearly 400 school bus drivers in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. Inspired in part by the nationwide teacher strikes in Republican-dominated states such as West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arizona, bus drivers for DeKalb County School District planned a "sick-out" to protest low wages and little employee benefits.

About 42 percent of bus drivers in the county participated, causing nearly 60-90 minute delays in students being picked up for school. As a right-to-work state, public sector employees are prohibited in Georgia from striking. The strike resulted in at least 7 bus drivers, particularly ones who helped organize the strike, being terminated of employment.