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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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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago (14 children)

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.

[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (12 children)

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...

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There is no way to quantify the number of attacks that would have happened without the TSA. "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". The TSA is a very effective deterrent.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Oh, my friend, of course we can quantify it. There was a time when TSA didn't exist. And of course many other countries don't have TSA.

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