AFGE: TSA Workers at LAX Speak Out After Department of Homeland Security Cancelled Their Collective Bargaining Agreement
In a March 7th memo, the Department of Homeland Security canceled the collective bargaining agreement for nearly 50,000 Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) at airports nationwide.
The American Federation of Government Employees, the union representing the TSOs, filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court. The lawsuit seeks to block this illegal action, which violates the constitutional rights of federal employees and undermines collective bargaining protections.
The group argues that Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem’s actions constitute unconstitutional retaliation against AFGE for exercising its First Amendment right to advocate for federal workers and that the administration’s actions violate the Fifth Amendment by stripping TSA workers of vested property rights without due process. The group demands immediate injunctive relief to stop the administration from rescinding the existing contract, eliminating union representation, and stripping workers of their bargaining rights.
AFGE Local 1260, representing the affected TSOs at Southern California airports, hosted a press conference at LAX to emphasize the adverse effects of DHS’s actions on their members.