The Department of Homeland Security has ended the collective bargaining agreement covering some 47,000 Transportation Security Administration employees.
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it is ending collective bargaining for the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Transportation Security Officers, which has constrained TSA’s chief mission: to safeguard our transportation systems and keep Americans safe.
Eliminating collective bargaining removes bureaucratic hurdles that will strengthen workforce agility enhance productivity and resiliency, while also jumpstarting innovation.
According to DHS, the decision to end the agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees was due to the union’s abuse of privileges and its covering up of performance issues by substandard employees.
Gaps in benefit programs,…
