Trump revokes collective bargaining rights at TSA to crush union
Trump revokes collective bargaining rights at TSA to crush union
Union leaders have warned such a move would diminish working conditions and threaten safety at an agency infamous for low morale.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26471893
Summary
Trump is revoking collective bargaining rights at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), ending union protections for thousands of airport security officers.
The Department of Homeland Security claims the move will improve efficiency and security, but unions argue it is a retaliatory attack on federal workers.
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) plans to challenge the decision. TSA workers fear the rollback will worsen working conditions and retention.
The policy reverses union rights granted under Obama and expanded by Biden.
Y'all missing the point. Fuck cops sure. But an attack on one union is an attack on unions. Push to abolish the TSA AND support their collective rights.
TSA is part of the whole post 9/11 patriot act authoritarian push. It needs to end. It was a pointless unnecessary overreaction then, and it remains so.
TSA are cops. And cops aren't workers. They're class traitors. The enforcement arm of capital.
But that's the spin. Trump didn't try to break the TSA union.
Trump is trying to break a cop union.
ACAB includes TSA. Fuck them.
Abolish the TSA.
Boss: I've decided to pay you shit wages and expect you to work nightmare hours.
Union: We've all banded together and would collectively like to tell you that we prefer better wages and more reasonable hours, or else we will strike.
Boss: I've decided you can't do that, or else.
Union: Yes, or else, indeed. That's the core concept here.
Call his fuckin' bluff, or else you don't really have a union at all.
I would love to hear about the day TSA simply didn't show up. Make this happen, folks.
All their options to deal with it are embarrassing for the stooges in charge.
Just sounds like a win-win. The fascists no longer have their travel cops, and people no longer have to deal with the useless bullshit of the TSA.
Ronald Reagan did exactly that with air traffic controllers. Fired the lot of them.
Does the president actually have the power to union-bust, or is he just continuing to do what he wants...? I realize it's largely an academic question, since no one will resist this guy's illegal actions...
The implication of the summary text is that the protections were granted by executive mandate, not through legislation, so presumably they could be revoked the same way.
Yes. Reagan did it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organization_(1968)
Quite a deal at the time.
No, he doesn’t. This is Trump just hurling executive orders at things he doesn’t like.
Biden did it with the potential rail industry strikes, so yes.
That’s incorrect, and these situations aren’t close to comparable.
When Biden was in power, eight out of twelve unions had already ratified the contract, and the senate passed a bill to force the final four to accept it. It passed 80-15, so Biden couldn’t have vetoed it if he wanted to.
Trump is attempting to ban unions altogether, by executive order.
You want to piss off employees who keep terrorists, drugs, and weapons out of the country?
On second thought... yes, he does, because he isn't working for Americans.
Except the TSA has never shown to be remotely effective at doing any of that.
I'm of the opinion that the TSA should probably be abolished, but keeping it while abusing its employees is the worst of both worlds...
Worst jobs program ever, all you need is a good metal detector and that’s it. The security theater after 9/11 has been and always will be a joke.
Except the TSA has never shown to be remotely effective at doing any of that.
So, we'd all be OK if these 6,000+ loaded firearms PER YEAR were allowed to pass through unchecked?
There's always room for improvement, but the idea that everything needs to be abolished, rather than improved, seems crazy.
TSA is worthless, my friend. Nobody should support their agency. Fire them all, please. I do, however, support workers unionizing and striking, and if that is TSA employees, high five.
TSA are cops. Do we show solidarity with cop unions?
Cop unions are just gangs.
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