School bus drivers and aides in Anne Arundel County voted overwhelmingly on Monday to authorize a strike.

Some 170 union members voted in favor of a strike, saying their employer will not budge on health care and wages.

“It would definitely be an inconvenience, but it’s something that I would be willing to do as a way to show support for the school bus drivers. Kind of like a solidarity,” Mo Czubba, an Anne Arundel County parent, told 11 News on Friday.

In an interview last week, Superintendent Mark Bedell told 11 News school buses and routes were staffed and ready to go.

“Zero vacancies for bus drivers and zero vacancies for our alternative vehicle drivers. I don’t have a lot to complain about right now,” Bedell told 11 News.

“Right now” was the key, according to the union president

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