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| TSA Chief Stops Further Airport Private Security - TSA Union Gleeful |
| 2011-01-29 |
| The American Federation of Government Employees today praised Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole for putting a stop to the privatization of this country's airport screening function, also known as the Screening Partnership Program (SPP). "The nation is secure in the sense that the safety of our skies will not be left in the hands of the lowest-bidder contractor, as it was before 9/11" AFGE National President John Gage said. "We applaud Administrator Pistole for recognizing the value in a cohesive federalized screening system and workforce." Airports have had the option of opting out of the federal screener system since TSA was created, but in those nine years only a handful out of 450 have chosen to do so. Today, Pistole issued a memo to the TSA workforce stating "to preserve TSA as an effective, federal counterterrorism security network, SPP will not be expanded beyond the current 16 airports, unless a clear and substantial advantage to do so emerges in the future." AFGE is the nation's largest federal employee union and the only union to represent TSOs since the agency's inception. With more than 12,000 dues-paying members in 38 AFGE TSA Locals across the country, AFGE is the union of choice for TSOs across the country. AFGE is the largest federal employee union representing 600,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia, including tens of thousands of DHS employees in Border Patrol, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Coast Guard, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, FEMA, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Federal Protective Service, Office of Immigration Statistics and TSA. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #10 Question Since the TSA is setting itself up as THE inspection system,can we sue the shit out of them whenevr the next Bomber figures a clever way to sneak something illicit on board? Betcha they'll say no, an thousands of lawyers will say YES, HELL YES. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-01-30 00:02 |
| #9 From the supposed low-bid contractor (yeah, sure) to the final, no-bid contractor. And you'd better not criticize their policies. |
| Posted by: KBK 2011-01-29 19:09 |
| #8 My gut instinct tells me that we are at a tipping point in this country regarding socialism and unions. When it tips public opinion will shift against them hard and even the good will applied to cops, firemen and teachers won't protect them from harsh feelings because of their unions. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2011-01-29 17:28 |
| #7 "The nation is secure in the sense that the safety of our skies will not be left in the hands of the lowest-bidder contractor, as it was before 9/11" In essence, doesn't the government get away with the lowest bid process for the [non-unionized] military. They raise and lower bonuses to argument base pay to attract just enough people to fill the ranks? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-01-29 17:20 |
| #6 "The nation is secure in the sense that the safety of our skies will not be left in the hands of the lowest-bidder contractor, as it was before 9/11" To imply that 9/11 was the result of private security is beyond dishonest. And personally, I would rather have a low bidder contractor who actually does the job instead of "who gives a crap?" unremovable union employees. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-01-29 15:14 |
| #5 Did the AFGE get an obamacare waiver yet? |
| Posted by: Muggsy Glink 2011-01-29 13:44 |
| #4 Unions have served their purpose, but now they are the weight that is dragging this country into poverty and stagnation. They need to be destroyed and their power broken. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-01-29 13:08 |
| #3 Just another example of unions strangling and sucking the life blood out of our country. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-01-29 13:05 |
| #2 I thought I remembered that back in the early days of 2001-2002, when TSA was being formed -- didn't everyone promise they would never be unionized? Must be those "faulty memories" Winston Smith was talking about. |
| Posted by: Bill 2011-01-29 12:32 |
| #1 scumbag unions. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-01-29 12:19 |