And it keeps gettin' better: TSA to go union

[Patriot]

Oh Sure, The TSA Is Hated and Inneffective Now, But Things Will Get Better When They Unionize, Right?

By: Mark Hemingway
Washington Examiner

Lost in all the hoopla about TSA's turn-your-head-and-cough security checks and so-called new "porno-scanners" is the news that TSA is about to unionize:

In a significant victory for federal employee unions, the Federal Labor Relations Authority decided Friday that Transportation Security Administration staffers will be allowed to vote on union representation.

The decision clears the way for a campaign by the government's two largest labor organizations, the American Federation of Government Employees and the National Treasury Employees Union, to represent some 50,000 transportation security officers.

"It is no secret that the morale of the TSO workforce is terrible as a result of favoritism, a lack of fair and respectful treatment from many managers, poor and unhealthy conditions in some airports, poor training and testing protocols and a poor pay system," said AFGE President John Gage. "The morale problems are documented by the government's own surveys. TSOs need a recognized union voice at work, and the important decision of the FLRA finally sets the process in motion to make that right a reality."

When the Homeland Security Department was founded under Bush, the TSA was expressly forbidden from unionizing due to security concerns. TSA effectiveness depends on rapid response to emerging threats. After a British bomb plot was broken up in 2006, TSA overhauled its policies in 12 hours to deal with new concerns about liquid explosives. It's hard to imagine that kind of flexibility under union rules. Then according to DHS' website, in 2007 the newly Democratic Congress cleared the way for unionization:

"We appreciate the decision by Congress to eliminate the collective bargaining provision for the Transportation Security Administration from the 9/11 bill. This provision would not have advanced our security efforts but we appreciate Congress' bipartisan recognition of the importance of the transportation security officers' role.

"TSA will continue to vigorously pursue activities in support of active employee engagement and a participative workforce. All of us agree on the goal of a well-prepared, well-motivated team of officers."

Once Democrats took control of the executive branch, they immediately began pushing to unionize the TSA, as the taxpayer is merely a host organism for unions that funnel campaign cash to Democrats. Last December, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., somewhat heroically made a stand on this issue and got DHS Secretary Janet "The system worked" Napolitano to admit that she supports unionization despite safety concerns:

Sen. DeMint: My question to you is not whether or not you've seen it work at a state or local level, but the whole point of homeland security and particularly TSA is the security of our — of the passengers, and if — in the beginning — and our debate — and every previous administrator at TSA has said that collective bargaining is not consistent with the flexibility and the need to change. You were telling us that you're going to collectively bargain, even though there's apparently no reason to protect workers.  There's not any reason to standardize various work requirements.  Why do we need to bring collective bargaining into this process when we see TSA making the improvements that it needs to make our passengers more secure?

Sec. Napolitano:  Well, thank you, senator, for noting the improvements of our — of TSA and the employee workforce we have there, but again, I go back to the basic point that I do not think security and collective bargaining are mutually exclusive, nor do I think that collective bargaining cannot be accomplished by an agency, such as TSA, should the workers desire to be organized in such a fashion.

Sen. DeMint:  Okay.  Thank you for answering my question.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/oh-sure-the-tsa-is-hated-and-inneffective-now-but-things-will-get-better-when-they-unionize-right-108245164.html#ixzz15S48PKwB

[twirldoggy]

This is another way to get power and control over workers.

[jerry wagner]

It is their right to assemble, including to unionize and choose to represent themselves.

[Patriot]

It is their right to assemble, including to unionize and choose to represent themselves.

Remind me jerry.... didn't you move out of country?  Or was that just a pleasant daydream?

[jerry wagner]

Remind me jerry.... didn't you move out of country?  Or was that just a pleasant daydream?

And that is relevant how?  I am still a citizen of the United States of America.  Teresa has never sent me a PM asking me to rescind my membership on this forum.

[Patriot]

And that is relevant how?  I am still a citizen of the United States of America.  Teresa has never sent me a PM asking me to rescind my membership on this forum.

COPO.  Citizen On Paper Only.  Otherwise known as an Expatriate.  As a resident of Canada, you don't vote in US elections do you?

I would hope Teresa doesn't do so either!  Having people around who are irrelevant to the Elk County area community helps many of us keep focused on why we love living here, reinforces our resolve to stand by the vision of the founders of the USA,  and reminds us of how much more grounded we are in our Judeo-Christian values than many who have given themselves over to Marxist utopian worldviews and 'The World'.

"Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God." – James 4:4

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?" – 2nd Corinthians 6:14-15

[jerry wagner]

COPO.  Citizen On Paper Only.  Otherwise known as an Expatriate.  As a resident of Canada, you don't vote in US elections do you?

I would hope Theresa doesn't do so either!  Having people around who are irrelevant to the Elk County area community helps many of us keep focused on why we love living here, reinforces our resolve to stand by the vision of the founders of the USA,  and reminds us of how much more grounded we are in our Judeo-Christian values than many who have given themselves over to Marxist utopian worldviews and 'The World'.

"Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God." – James 4:4

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?" – 2nd Corinthians 6:14-15

Expatriates pay taxes.... if I were to win the lottery tomorrow, I would have to pay a huge chunk to the US Treasury even though in Canada we do not pay taxes on lotteries.  Also, I am still registered for the draft and if there were a draft, I am liable to serve.

[Patriot]

Expatriates pay taxes.... if I were to win the lottery tomorrow, I would have to pay a huge chunk to the US Treasury even though in Canada we do not pay taxes on lotteries.  Also, I am still registered for the draft and if there were a draft, I am liable to serve.

That's nice... now the answer to my question is??

[Patriot]

TSA Unionization: A $30 Million Annual Gift to Union Bosses

When we have an administration more concerned about rewarding its union cronies than the U.S. Constitution (see ObamaCare for reference), giving union bosses access to the wallets of TSOs was only a matter of time. Now, the Transportation Security Agency's blue shirts who are doing Janet Napolitiano's bidding frisking, groping, molesting and seemingly sexually assaulting the American public, are about to get license for further abuse—a union card.


   * Number of TSA employees eligible for unionization: 50,000
   * TSA budget for FY 2010: $7.8 billion
   * Estimated Union Dues TSA unionization will provide union bosses at $50 per month: $2,500,000/month or $30,000,000/year.
   * Number of Americans whose Fourth Amendment rights have allegedly been violated: Thousands and still counting.
   * NUMBER OF TERRORISTS CAUGHT BY THE TSA: 0


Entire article here:  http://www.redstate.com/laborunionreport/2010/11/17/tsa-unionization-an-32-million-annual-gift-to-union-bosses/

[Teresa]

TSA Unionization: A $30 Million Annual Gift to Union Bosses
* NUMBER OF TERRORISTS CAUGHT BY THE TSA: 0

THAT is the key stat ~~