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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TSA Officer and AFGE Local 333 member Connie LaBouff (pictured, left) is being hailed as a hero after saving an ailing passenger’s life at her Philadelphia International Airport security checkpoint last week.
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It’s been three years since AFGE signed the historic first-ever labor-management contract with TSA. Since then, AFGE members at TSA have stood together to ensure the safety of their TSA colleagues while delivering upon the mission to protect the flying public.
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The Senate on Monday voted to confirm Coast Guard Vice Adm. Peter Neffenger as the new administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). AFGE, represents 45,000 TSA employees across the U.S.
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AFGE has issued the following statement regarding news reports on the results of a covert test by DHS investigators.
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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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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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This should have been the happiest time in Amanda Kincannon’s life.
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