{"id":22201,"date":"2020-06-19T16:20:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=22201"},"modified":"2020-06-19T16:20:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:20:51","slug":"get-a-grip-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=22201","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Get a grip&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Unite, which represents over 80,000 UK&nbsp;bus workers, has called on bus operators to \u00e2\u20ac\u015bget a grip\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 to ensure passengers wear face coverings on buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From last Monday (June 15), it has been a requirement under the condition of travel that all passengers (unless exempt) must wear a mask or face covering when travelling on buses and all forms of public transport, to help reduce the transmission of Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the measure has been widely supported there have been concerns raised about non-compliance in some areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While only the police have the power to apply on-the-spot fines for a failure to comply with the conditions of travel, Unite believes that bus companies should be utilising staff other than drivers to order people who are not wearing a face covering to leave the bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unite national officer for passenger transport Bobby Morton said,&nbsp;\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite has been receiving concerns about passengers not wearing a face covering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt is not the responsibility of the bus driver to enforce the wearing of a face covering. Given the challenges and risks they have faced during the pandemic they already have enough on their plate,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite has advised its members not to get involved with passengers who are not wearing a face covering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bBus operators need to get a grip on this matter,&#8221; Morton went on to say.&nbsp; &#8220;They should be utilising other staff members to order passengers without face coverings to leave a bus. On routes where there is significant non-compliance the bus operator needs to ensure that the police are involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt is vital that all passengers comply with the regulations in order to reduce the danger of transmission and to ensure that confidence returns to using public transport.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Barckley Sumner<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite, which represents over 80,000 UK&nbsp;bus workers, has called on bus operators to \u00e2\u20ac\u015bget a grip\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 to ensure passengers wear face coverings on buses. From last Monday (June 15), it has been a requirement under the condition of travel that all passengers (unless exempt) must wear a mask or face covering when travelling on buses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1308,1],"tags":[176,1295,238],"wps_subtitle":"Bus companies must ensure passengers wear face coverings","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22201"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22211,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22201\/revisions\/22211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}