Think flying is fun?
Love getting groped by the TSA?
Now they are even more empowered -- they just unionized. From the
Wall Street Journal:
TSA Airport Screeners Vote to Join Union
The American Federation of Government Employees said Thursday it has won the right to represent more than 40,000 airport-security screeners employed by the federal government, months after the Obama administration cleared the way for the workers to organize.
The screeners, who work for the Transportation Security Administration, chose the AFGE in a runoff vote against the National Treasury Employees Union by a margin of 8,903 to 8,447 votes. The vote began May 23 and ended Tuesday. In a previous vote tallied in April, neither of the two unions received the majority needed to win.
Just wonderful. And of course, the extra cost and inefficiencies are just going to add to the joy of flying...
Posted by DaveH at June 25, 2011 3:51 PM