By Ending Contract, Union Officials Claim, Trump Administration Violated ‘Dignity and Rights’ of TSA Agents
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Friday that it will no longer honor a collective bargaining agreement with the unionized employees of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), citing a persistence of low-performing workers and excess resources being spent on union activity.
“Transportation Security Officers will no longer lose their hard-earned dollars to a union that does not represent them,” said DHS in a statement. “This action will ensure Americans will have a more effective and modernized workforces across the nation’s transportation networks.”
Democrats and union officials are outraged, saying that by unilaterally canceling a signed labor agreement, DHS is violating the rights of TSA workers and putting the efficiency of airport security screenings at risk.
“This administration is undermining their rights, which will mean fewer officers, longer airport screening lines, and a greater threat to public safety and national security,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D–Hawaii), the co-author of a perennial bill to increase TSA worker protections, in an emailed statement.
Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)(which represents TSA screeners), said the union “will not rest until the basic dignity and rights of the workers at TSA are acknowledged by the government once again.”
The complaint that the dignity and rights of TSA screeners are being violated is a little rich
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