Trump Just Eliminated Unions At This Key Federal Agency
www.huffpost.com
Union leaders have warned such a move would diminish working conditions and threaten safety at an agency infamous for low morale.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26471893

Summary

Trump is revoking collective bargaining rights at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), ending union protections for thousands of airport security officers.

The Department of Homeland Security claims the move will improve efficiency and security, but unions argue it is a retaliatory attack on federal workers.

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) plans to challenge the decision. TSA workers fear the rollback will worsen working conditions and retention.

The policy reverses union rights granted under Obama and expanded by Biden.

  • @GraniteM
    48•2 days ago

    Boss: I’ve decided to pay you shit wages and expect you to work nightmare hours.

    Union: We’ve all banded together and would collectively like to tell you that we prefer better wages and more reasonable hours, or else we will strike.

    Boss: I’ve decided you can’t do that, or else.

    Union: Yes, or else, indeed. That’s the core concept here.

    Call his fuckin’ bluff, or else you don’t really have a union at all.

    • @[email protected]
      9•2 days ago

      I would love to hear about the day TSA simply didn’t show up. Make this happen, folks.

      All their options to deal with it are embarrassing for the stooges in charge.

      • @[email protected]
        5•1 day ago

        Just sounds like a win-win. The fascists no longer have their travel cops, and people no longer have to deal with the useless bullshit of the TSA.

    • @shalafiEnglish
      3•2 days ago

      Ronald Reagan did exactly that with air traffic controllers. Fired the lot of them.