Union challenges Miami-Dade Transit director to endure shift on bus amid coronavirus crisis
Read full article: Union challenges Miami-Dade Transit director to endure shift on bus amid coronavirus crisisMIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Amid an ongoing dispute, The Transport Workers Union of America is asking the Miami-Dade County transit director to participate in the #RideNotDie challenge during the coronavirus pandemic. A mobile billboard follows a Miami-Dade County bus while calling for transit director Alice Bravo to endure one shift aboard one of the public buses she oversees. (TWU Local 291)Alice Bravo, the director of Miami-Dade Transit, implied that if she was in Mitchell’s position, she would not have launched the #RideNotDie campaign. “We need a physical barrier between the passengers and the operators.”TWU Local 291 sends a message to Miami-Dade County Transit director. Jeffery Mitchell, the president of the TWU’s Local 291, is asking Miami-Dade County to do more to protect public bus drivers.