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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

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All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

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Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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Trump revokes collective bargaining rights at TSA to crush union (www.huffpost.com)

submitted 2 days ago by FenrirIII@lemmy.world to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Considering the TSA frequently fails up to up to 95% of tests, I'm going to guess the number of uneventful loaded firearms on planes is much higher.

https://web.archive.org/web/20220128030412/http://www.travelandleisure.com/airlines-airports/minneapolis-airport-tsa-fail

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

🫢 Like I said, room for improvement.

But context matters:

However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that airport security misses 95 percent of threats that pass through: The TSA red team is specially trained to detect weaknesses in security at airports throughout the nation.

So your run of the mill bad guy isn't going to sneak by so easily. And one can only imagine that most bad guys aren't some elite team of security experts... Unless they are in a Hollywood movie.