As the long days of summer approach, there's no indication that Congress will take the dramatic action needed to shorten wait times at the nation's airports. Read how AFGE is turning up the heat.
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AFGE members across the country comment on how Congress has contributed to long lines at airports and why they must pass emergency funding for more TSA officers.
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Members of Congress are used to seeing TSA Officers when they fly to and from Washington, D.C. But during AFGE Council 100's first annual Lobby Week, it's the TSA Officers who came to them.
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Contract negotiations were half the battle for AFGE TSA members. Here's what happens now.
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The answer is so easy, you'll be surprised that these people don't get it.
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Airport privatizers are at it again. This time, they're setting their sights on Atlanta.
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New legislation introduced by Reps. Thompson and Lowey would finally grant TSA Officers the same workplace protections as other federal employees.
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Just because it fits in the overhead bin, doesn’t mean it should be in your suitcase – particularly if it’s one of the 2,600 firearms TSA stopped at checkpoints in U.S. airports last year.
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There’s a reason all workers need a collective bargaining agreement AND its enforcement. At TSA, this couldn’t be more true.
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Since AFGE and TSA signed the first labor-management agreement three years ago, AFGE has won numerous cases against TSA, tremendously improving working conditions for our country’s last line of defense against terrorism.
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AFGE’s first labor-management contract TSA was ratified in November 2012. Then this happened.
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With the help of volunteers like AFGE Local 1020 member Kathleen Gibson's, veterans fly to Washington DC - many for the first time - to see the monuments dedicated to their military service.
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An arbitrator recently reversed a three-day suspension against a Behavior Detection Officer from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, thanks to outstanding representation by the AFGE General Counsel’s Office. TSA had suspended the BDO for failing to follow directions when she went to training instead of performing another assignment.
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One man's work to grant TSOs the same basic workplace rights enjoyed by almost all other federal employees, known as Title 5 rights.
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