“As a community, we're asking someone to do a job we should always be willing to pay them right, and that's what this does,' Oliver Gilbert, Miami-Dade County of Commissioners Chairman, stated. The extra $4+ an hour will, hopefully, encourage job seekers to fill those positions and make the current staff realize how important they and their jobs are. With the previous wages too low due to inflation, vacancies have become commonplace, putting another layer of stress on the current staff of guards. As Ianna Santos, currently serving the Dadeland South metro rail station, put it, 'This job, of course, is not for the faint of heart, but I love my job.' They are also responsible for the transport of cash in the facilities and the protection of community members passing through. These armed guards often encounter dangerous and stressful situations dealing with members of the public who need medical or psychiatric services.

Providing Security Servicesįor the first time in 5 years, transit security officers will receive a pay raise. This was a big win for the company, our partners in organized labor, and County staff. On February 8th, in a unanimous decision, the Board of Commissioners voted to extend Allied Universal’s Metrorail and transportation hubs' armed security guards contract and increase the pay of armed security guards.

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