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Trump Revokes Collective Bargaining Rights At TSA To Crush Union
Fri, March 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM PST
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 Bargaining rights can essentially be extended or rescinded at the will of the administrator.
Those rights were introduced at TSA by former President Barack Obama and strengthened under former President Joe Biden. But now they are being tossed aside by Trump.
HuffPost
reported in December that Trump was likely to crack down on collective bargaining at TSA if he won the presidential election, and that he may look to crush unions at other agencies in the name of “national security.”
The Trump administration said Friday it is revoking collective bargaining rights at TSA. Joe Raedle via Getty Images
Many TSA workers are represented by the American Federation of Government Employees, or AFGE. The union has filed a slew of lawsuits aimed at blocking the White House’s effort to fire thousands of federal employees and eliminate federal agencies unilaterally.
AFGE President Everett Kelley called the Trump administration’s decision to roll back collective bargaining rights at TSA “an unprovoked attack” designed to punish the union.
“Our union has been out in front challenging this administration’s unlawful actions targeting federal workers, both in the legal courts and in the court of public opinion,” Kelley said. “Now our TSA officers are paying the price with this clearly retaliatory action.”
In its statement, DHS claimed that TSA workers are “losing their hard-earned dollars” to the union ― even though paying union dues is entirely optional for federal employees, and they still reap the benefits of a union contract if they choose not to.
Mike Gayzagian, a TSA worker and the president of AFGE Local 2617 in New England, told HuffPost in December that union rights had helped improve low-paying TSA jobs and make it easier for the agency to retain employees. Eliminating union rights would make the work significantly worse, he predicted.
“We’re worried about what’s going to happen next year, but hopefully we’re down on the bottom of [Trump’s] list,” Gayzagian said at the time.
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Union leaders have warned such a move would diminish working conditions and threaten safety at an agency infamous for low morale.
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