Executive Council Statement
Statement in Support of TSA Workers' Fight to Win Union Representation
… Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), these federal security workers at our nation’s airports have remained dedicated to achieving their goal of union representation and collective bargaining, despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles. They … following the Sept. 11, attacks. Using legislative authority, the Bush-appointed TSA administrator denied TSA workers the right to collectively bargain, and a 2003 representation petition filed by AFGE was dismissed. Legislative efforts to … rules governing vacation time and shift assignments, workplace transfers and other rules and procedures. Having won the right to bargain collectively, TSA workers are now poised to elect their exclusive union representative. Elections are …