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The ITF is protesting against the victimisation of a FirstGroup driver after she attended an ITF meeting and a Conference of the ITF-affiliated TGWU in London.
Sherri Henry and Jean Barker, school bus drivers from the United States who work for First Student - part of FirstGroup - told the ITF Gender Workshop on 1-2 December that their attempts to form a union at their workplaces had been met by anti-union practices by the UK-based multinational. In addition, the two women - who were on unpaid leave - had been threatened with sanctions should they take up the TGWU's invitation to attend union meetings in the UK.
Following her return to work in Wilson County, Tenessee, Sherri Henry's manager informed her that she was no longer assisgned to a regular school bus route and would be demoted to the post of permanent Substitute Driver. She was allowed no representation at the meeting. This action has been seen by the Teamsters union as a vindictive act against Sherri.
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