AFGE’s Statement on DHS Airport Covert Test
June 06, 2015
AFGE has issued the following statement regarding news reports on the results of a covert test by DHS investigators.
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TSA: Stronger Union, Safer Skies
May 11, 2015
Since 2003, AFGE members at TSA have stood together to make a better workplace. Whether it's advocating for greater law enforcement presence at security checkpoints, fair pay raises for TSOs, free parking, and changes to shift bidding, AFGE TSA members have been working together to protect their colleagues and fulfill the mission of TSA to keep the flying public safe.
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Workers' Memorial Day
April 28, 2015
Most Americans often do not think about the danger government workers experience every day. But when workers in the Border Patrol, the Bureau of Prisons, the TSA, the Federal Protective Service (FPS), the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense and many others clock in for work, they do so knowing that they could get hurt or even killed.
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TSO Fired for Being Pregnant Wins Reinstatement
April 07, 2015
This should have been the happiest time in Amanda Kincannon’s life.
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TSA Officers: Protect Us so We Can Protect You
April 03, 2015
TSA officers at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Wednesday staged a protest demanding new security measures to protect passengers and employees in airport security screening areas.
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TSA Officers: Protect Us so We Can Protect You
April 03, 2015
TSA officers at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Wednesday staged a protest demanding new security measures to protect passengers and employees in airport security screening areas.
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Air Safety is About Protecting People, Not Profits
April 02, 2015
After over 18 months of tireless efforts to push back against unnecessary security privatization, AFGE Local 556 members at Orlando Airport have finally seen the fruits of their labor.
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Air Safety is About Protecting People, Not Profits
April 02, 2015
AFGE Local 556 members at Orlando Airport have seen the fruits of their labor as the TSA Committee of the Greater Orlando Airport Authority (GOAA) maintained federal security screeners at checkpoints rather than hiring private, for-profit contractors.
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What TSA Needs Is a New Law Enforcement Unit
March 27, 2015
A man armed with homemade explosives, a machete, and a bottle of poison walked into the New Orleans airport last Friday and started attacking Transportation Security Officers.
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What TSA Needs Is a New Law Enforcement Unit
March 27, 2015
A man armed with homemade explosives, a machete, and a bottle of poison walked into the New Orleans airport and attacked Transportation Security Officers. How many more TSOs have to get hurt or killed before TSA does something?
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For These Married TSOs, Shutdown Comes with Double the Anxiety
February 25, 2015
Being a TSA officer is not easy. It’s a highly stressful job because a single mistake could mean life or death for hundreds of people on board an airplane. And because of their crucial mission, you’d think that TSA officers would get all the support they need to do their job, right? Well, not exactly. Congress is actually threatening to shut down the Department of Homeland Security, the parent agency of TSA. And that means TSA officers will still have to work because their job is considered essential. They just won’t get paid.
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AFGE TSA Local in Orlando Fought Back Against Cancelled Breaks and Won
January 29, 2015
AFGE TSA Local 556 in Orlando, Florida, (MCO) recently won a case in which a local airport manager was found to have violated the AFGE/TSA collective bargaining agreement when she inappropriately cancelled TSA officers’ 15-minute breaks on the east checkpoint.
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TSOs Discover Record Number of Firearms
January 26, 2015
TSA officers are doing an outstanding job protecting the flying public. In 2014 alone, TSOs discovered a record 2,212 firearms in carry-on bags at airports across the country; a whopping 22% increase from 2013. Of the guns confiscated by officers, more than 80% were loaded.
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Supreme Court Rules against TSA
January 22, 2015
The Supreme Court ruled against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this week in the whistleblower case of Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean.
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AFGE Wins against TSA’s Inappropriate AWOL Charge
January 15, 2015
Thanks to AFGE’s outstanding representation, an arbitrator recently reversed a charge of absence without leave (AWOL) against a Newark Airport TSA officer who was unable to get to work because of a severe snowstorm and mass transit issues.
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