Trump Revokes Collective Bargaining Rights At TSA To Crush Union

[Wicked Blue]

Source: HuffPost

The Trump administration said Friday that it is ending collective bargaining at the Transportation Security Administration, effectively revoking union protections for thousands of airport security officers.

In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security claimed the move would “safeguard our transportation systems and keep Americans safe.”

“Eliminating collective bargaining removes bureaucratic hurdles that will strengthen workforce agility [and] enhance productivity and resiliency, while also jumpstarting innovation,” the agency said.

Workers at TSA, which Congress created in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, do not enjoy the same union rights as employees at most other federal agencies. Bargaining rights can essentially be extended or rescinded at the will of the administrator.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tsa-unions_n_67cb090fe4b001cf57888c7d?f8o=

[underpants]

1. Did ya get that Union voters?

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

3. Any member of TSA who voted for Trump and the Republicans FAFO.

Now they get to see just what Trump thinks of them.

“I don’t care about you, I just want your vote.”

[IronLionZion]

2. TSA is not my favorite agency, but I support union rights and collective bargaining

the Biden administration was way better for union workers.

[SpankMe]

4. Aren't collective bargaining agreements contracts?

How can he just unilaterally revoke bargaining rights?

[Bengus81]

6. Yeah..any Pres can or head of Homeland Security can take them away

Or a President like Obama insured they had Union rights. Then Biden strengthened them.

Now look what they have....nothing in the way of Union bargaining.

[MichMan]

28. Right in the OP

Workers at TSA, which Congress created in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, do not enjoy the same union rights as employees at most other federal agencies. Bargaining rights can essentially be extended or rescinded at the will of the administrator.

[DENVERPOPS]

5. Just trying to take over

what Reagan started by obliterating the Air Traffic Controllers Union in the 80's......................

Also, DeJoy was tasked with obliterating the USPS and more importantly, completely destroying one of the largest Unions in the country......Same with the Federal government workers Union.....

[ananda]

7. You know, Reagan got into politiics because he hated unions...

in particular, the Screen Actors Guild.

[Evolve Dammit]

8. Didn't he lead that union at one point? Weird

[DENVERPOPS]

13. He was like Lindsay,

180 degree flip overnight........He was a has been, "B" actor, and the Republicans gave him attention and a way to not only get rich, but to gain all the attention he coveted. And all he had to do was recite the lines that were given him, which required no thinking.
HW and his CABAL did everything else from the shadows, and Reagan was just the "front man" to keep attention diverted from all that they were accomplishing in the background.

The exact same thing was resurrected when they put WBush in the White House, with the same CABAL accomplishing even much greater shit than during the Reagan years.........

[underpants]

17. Speaking of reading lines - Reagan's 1961 recording against socialized medicine AMA part of "Operation Coffee Cu

Operation Coffee Cup

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_Speaks_Out_Against_Socialized_Medicine

In this ten-minute recording, Reagan "criticized Social Security for supplanting private savings and warned that subsidized medicine would curtail Americans' freedom" and that "pretty soon your son won't decide when he's in school, where he will go or what he will do for a living. He will wait for the government to tell him."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Coffee_Cup


Operation Coffee Cup was a campaign conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA) Women's Auxiliary in early 1961[1] in opposition to the Democrats' plans to extend Social Security to include health insurance for the elderly, later known as Medicare. As part of the plan, doctors' wives organized coffee meetings to try to convince acquaintances to write letters to Congress opposing the program.

[DENVERPOPS]

21. Most interesting thing back then

as I recall, was the delay in Dr.'s getting behind the smoking is horrible for your health campaign. Evidently the AMA made a deal with the people pushing medicare. If the Medical AMA would back off on the hazards of smoking, congress? would back off on the medicare push...

They were successful in delaying the release of the medical field's Anti smoking health information for ten years.....

[John1956PA]

32. Yes. Reagan's friend, LW, propelled Reagan to the presidency. n/t

[NotANeocon]

15. Strange "Leadership"

He doxed his members to Joe McCarthy as UAA commies.

[ananda]

19. Yes, and SAG made him angry and crazy.

He didn't like dealing with them.

[NotHardly]

12. Reagan hated Unions because his Dad received work/money during Great Depression..

and his Dad was an abusive alcoholic which he blamed on the social programs... he thought his Dad became an alcoholic because of the social programs and Regan wanted to punish those HE blamed.

Regan also turned in/named 'communists' in Hollywood during the McCarthy era hearings. Lying snitching weasel at the start, demented weasel at the end.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. TSF's definition of 'freedom' is taking away rights.

[DENVERPOPS]

14. Or Trump being "FREE"

to do anything he wants, same with his CABAL......And they have all perfected it............

[NotHardly]

10. It is just the start, all Unions on the line.

It is true, you get what you asked for.

Many Union members voted for this ... happy now? Because you are next.

[AmericaUnderSiege]

11. Nazis gonna Naz.

I'm sure when these fucks cause a plane to blow up because they used non-union security, they'll take it as an invitation to crack down on some minority community that had nothing to do with it.

[DENVERPOPS]

24. Just as Cheney, Rumsfeld and company

convinced the public that it was Iraq that caused 9/11, even though almost all of the hijackers were Saudis.......

Gore had done an excellent study of national Airline security, and the poor screening of passengers..... His study showed how crappy it was, and he named Boston as THE poorest security of any major airport in the U.S. I guess the Saudi's read his report, even though obviously no one else did.....

Although, there is ample evidence that WBush, Cheney, Rumsfeld may have looked the other way intentionally, as outlined in their Project New American Century "Manifesto" published in the late 90's. And Louis Freh, Head of the FBI ignoring warnings from flight schools in Arizona. The schools repeatedly reported to the FBI that they had a number of "Mid-Eastern" students who were only interested in how to FLY the plane, but could care less about take off's and landings.....

[WinstonSmith4740]

16. And so it begins...

My Carpenter's Union member nephew voted for Trump because...reasons? This is exactly what Project 2025 laid out...start with government employee's unions and go from there.

There's no doubt in my mind that in a few months (at the most) his union will be busted wide open & his family will be in deep financial trouble. A couple of years ago, my sister & I decided neither of us were at an age where we should be living alone, so we decided to pool our resources, and bought a house together. It's big, and there's plenty of room, so it won't be an issue. Part of me wants to say, "Hell, no...this is what you voted for", but there are 2 young kids involved, so that really isn't an option. However, I will remind him that the reason I'm going along with it is because I'm a Liberal, and we believe in helping people when they need it.

[DENVERPOPS]

25. Right on......

I was about to begin an electrician apprentice program in Denver about the time he whacked PATCO. It was the shot heard across America for union bashing. The employers all knew that Reagan would trash the NLRB.
A journeyman in Denver pre Patco was making 22.00 an hour and 26% fringe. Two weeks after PATCO, suddenly Union Electricians in the Denver Area dropped to 12.00 an hour with ZERO fringe. It took electricians until the late 90's to get back to the 22 and hour, but only with about 12% fringe.

One way of guaranteeing cheap wages for corporations, if you are gonna deport all the mexicans who will work for much less.....

The major industries using the immigrant labor are the Building Industry, The Agriculture Industry, the Hospitality Industry, and the Meat packing Industry. How many ICE raids are at any location for THOSE immigrants?????? NONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RobinA]

18. Does This Man

have a big chart of random stupid ideas hanging in the White House that he throws a dart at each morning and then enacts whatever he hits that day? I mean, who thinks this stuff up? Has he ever laid eyes on a TSA worker?

[DENVERPOPS]

26. You Betcha

One chart from the 2025 assholes, and another one from Putin.......And interestingly, the items aren't random stupid ideas, but carefully picked things that will destroy America, and the 99%ers..... Period.....

[Daleuhlmann]

20. Labor Has Just Gotten Another Kick in the Ass!

This news comes from after having over the weekend read about some people actually praising Trump's "pro-labor" stance!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. Won't someone think about us poor billionaires? - Donny the dumbfuck

[Initech]

23. First the FAA, now the TSA.

This man is an absolute monster.

[Nigrum Cattus]

27. This is part of the white "christian" nationalists plan

This is a first step to making it more dangerous and unpredictable to fly and restrict
free movement. It's been done before - here is an example
https://hmd.org.uk/resource/first-they-came-by-pastor-martin-niemoller/

[James48]

29. Not exactly correct-

Bargaining rights can’t be extended or withdrawn at the will of the Administrator.

The bargaining rights were previously denied based on “national security”.

If I were TSA, I’d suddenly slow down over at Regan Airport, and EVERY airport.

March 14- national strike- EVERYONE needs to shut down the USA

[MichMan]

30. How did striking work out for PATCO?

[NickB79]

31. My Trumper coworker gets his health insurance through his wife, a TSA employee in Minneapolis

He is on her insurance because it's better than ours, and he has a rare kidney disorder that requires him to go to the Mayo Clinic every 6 months for treatment. It's not a cheap visit.

He's fucked if his wife's health insurance is downgraded.