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The Trump administration says it’s stripping union protections for 47,000 workers at the Transportation Security Administration, including the right to collective bargaining. American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley condemned the move as a “pretext for attacking the rights of regular working Americans across the country because they happen to belong to a union.” On Friday, some 80,000 workers at the Departmen…

The Department of National Security (DHS) reported that it will end collective bargaining for Transport Safety Officers (TSO) with the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA).Read more]]>

New move by Trump administration poses double danger for airline passengers

WASHINGTON—The decision by the Republican Donald Trump regime to immediately end the collective bargaining agreement covering 47,000 Transportation Security Officers—the airport screeners—“puts us all at risk” when we fly, says outspoken Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President Sara...