The airport screeners of the Transportation Security Agency today overwhelmingly voted to ratify their first-ever collective bargaining agreement.
I'm sure there's nothing wrong with the TSA that unionizing won't fix.
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) November 9, 2012
The Newark Star-Ledger reports that TSA administrator John Pistole in 2010 modified a Bush-era restriction on collective bargaining, choosing to allow screeners to negotiate on matters that did not involve pay or that might compromise security. Today’s vote resulted in a new performance management system, more flexibility in uniform variations and more opportunity to move between full- and part-time employment.
If you thought the TSA was bad before, now they're unionized! http://t.co/jfK71OMT #fb
— Jason Lee (@jasondlee) November 10, 2012
Collective groping RT @brady_cremeens: The TSA is unionizing? Sweet. That'll be good.
— Michelle Ray (@GaltsGirl) November 9, 2012
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http://t.co/eyPmeLw6 #TSA forming a union? Another public sector union that employs underachievers & will pillage taxpayer $$$!
— Kobe (@Whoa_It_Is_Kobe) November 10, 2012
Many were outraged to learn that one of the TSA’s victories was an annual uniform allowance larger than that allowed to Marines over their lifetimes.
Welcome to the new America! I TSA uniform perks more expensive than Marine Corps http://t.co/iQgfbS5A
— Richard Carver (@RichardCarver) November 10, 2012
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