Miami-Dade County v. Transport Worker's Union, Local 291

Miami-Dade County has filed a petition to vacate a stay of a collective bargaining impasse process entered by the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission (“PERC”). We grant the petition.

The County finds itself in the midst of a fiscal crisis. It is proposing over five percent in wage reductions from all of its unions, including the Transport Worker’s Union of America, Local 291 (“TWU”). TWU was requesting a bonus and a salary increases over the next two years. The County asserts that it is not in a position to meet this demand. The parties have attempted to resolve this difference.…