1 Week. 74 Guns. 65 Loaded.
June 03, 2016
While Congress was on vacation the last week of May, TSA officers found a record-breaking 74 guns, 65 loaded, in carry-on bags across the country.
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Air Travelers Wait on Congress
May 29, 2016
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 Calls for 6,000 New TSA Officers
May 23, 2016
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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The Fight Takes Flight
May 17, 2016
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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TSA Contract Negotiations Are Over: Now What?
April 29, 2016
Contract negotiations were half the battle for AFGE TSA members. Here's what happens now.
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How Do you Solve Long Airport Lines?
April 18, 2016
The answer is so easy, you'll be surprised that these people don't get it.
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Pre-9/11 Era Airport Security Coming to Atlanta?
February 25, 2016
Airport privatizers are at it again. This time, they're setting their sights on Atlanta.
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If This Bill Passes, TSA Officers Will No Longer Be Second-class Employees
February 11, 2016
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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You Won’t Believe What TSA Officers Found in People’s Carry-ons
January 28, 2016
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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TSA Busted for Violating Contract and Trying to Get Away with It
November 19, 2015
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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Here’s Why TSA Offices Are Picketing across the Country
November 12, 2015
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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Bill Designed to Make Airports Safer Signed into Law But More Needs to Be Done
October 23, 2015
AFGE’s first labor-management contract TSA was ratified in November 2012. Then this happened.
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They Fight. She Takes Flight.
October 07, 2015
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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Management Suspended This BDO for Doing What They Told Her to Do. AFGE Helped Reverse Suspension.
September 10, 2015
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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Sign Now: Help TSA Officers Get Equal Rights in the Workplace
August 31, 2015
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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