Replacements Anger Striking School Bus Drivers and Matrons

School bus drivers and matrons
protest.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Momentum on the picket line grew among the striking yellow school bus drivers and matrons as they watched newly-hired replacements pick up their abandoned routes on Tuesday morning.

Between 50 and 60 buses rolled out of the Atlantic Express depot in Chelsea, according to Huguenot resident Ernie Maione, a member of Amalgamated Transit Union 118 who has been driving a special education route for more than 30 years.