Looks like we have another labor union in the Federal Gov.
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Say hello to the TSA, AFL-CIO
The American Federation of Government Employees, a public sector union under the umbrella of the AFL-CIO, won the right today to represent the more than 40,000 airport screeners of the Transportation Security Administration.
TSA screeners elected the AFGE in a runoff vote against the National Treasury Employees Union by a narrow margin. Screeners will now have limited collective bargaining rights, not including pay or security issues. They’ll also be banned from striking. (Sen. Paul tells TSA to end random patdowns)
“We are obviously thrilled with the election results, but more importantly are delighted that the transportation security officers now will have the full union representation they rightly deserve,” AFGE President John Gage said in a statement.
The Obama administration granted TSA screeners the right to organize several months ago. A first vote between the AFGE and NTEU was held in April, but neither achieved a decisive majority.
TSA CHOOSES AFL-CIO BRANCH AS ITS UNION
WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — Airport screeners around the county have chosen the nation’s largest federal employee union to represent them in collective bargaining talks with the government.
The American Federation of Government Employees won a runoff vote to represent 44,000 workers at the Transportation Security Administration.
Federal officials tallying the votes say AFGE received 8,903 votes, while National Treasury Employees Union got 8,447 votes. The runoff was held after neither union received more than 50 percent of votes during the first election earlier this year.
The vote came after TSA head John Pistole agreed in February to grant screeners limited collective bargaining rights for the first time since the agency was formed a decade ago.
The AFGE is a branch of the AFL-CIO.
Airport screeners had been among the few federal workers without union rights.
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