AFSCME Strong Bus Driver on Board

Corey Upchurch, a 36-year-old school bus driver in Washington, DC, has been using the slower summer months, when most kids are on vacation, to talk to his coworkers and apply the AFSCME Strong organizing campaign. Upchurch recently became president of his local, AFSCME 1959, which represents bus drivers and attendants in DC Public Schools. “When the drivers are sitting around waiting to bid on their routes,” says Strong, “I talked to them about what we need to do to make our union stronger.” Click here to read more about Strong, whose family includes AFSCME Council 20 executive director Andrew Washington. 

photo: Upchurch (left), and Aaron Dixon, of AFSCME Local 1772 (Council 3), during recent AFSCME Strong training in Maryland.

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