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TSA Director Decides
Unions Get Right to Bargain & Take Dues From Airport Gropers
Posted by LaborUnionReport
Friday, February 4th
Not that there was ever any doubt where this would be heading, but John
Pistole has decided to grant unions the right to negotiate and collect
more than $27 million per year in union dues from the roughly 45,000
staffers at the Transportation Safety Administration.
Back in November, TSA boss John Pistole granted the TSA employees the
right to unionize, but had publicly deferred making a decision whether
or not a union would have the right to bargain. Today, the right to
bargain was granted:
The decision by the Transportation Security Administration marks an
important, if not complete, victory for the two largest federal
employee unions that have long pushed for the ability to negotiate on
behalf of the workers. Those unions, the American Federation of
Government Employees and the National Treasury Employees Union, are
competing in an election campaign to win the support of about 45,000
officers who screen airline passengers and baggage.
The election is being closely watched by the wider organized labor
movement because the officers are the largest group of workers now
engaged in a union organizing effort in the country.
Now, for every grope you get, you can be comforted in knowing that a
union boss somewhere is smiling.
Read it at Redstate
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