cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26471893
Summary
Trump is revoking collective bargaining rights at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), ending union protections for thousands of airport security officers.
The Department of Homeland Security claims the move will improve efficiency and security, but unions argue it is a retaliatory attack on federal workers.
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) plans to challenge the decision. TSA workers fear the rollback will worsen working conditions and retention.
The policy reverses union rights granted under Obama and expanded by Biden.
Boss: I’ve decided to pay you shit wages and expect you to work nightmare hours.
Union: We’ve all banded together and would collectively like to tell you that we prefer better wages and more reasonable hours, or else we will strike.
Boss: I’ve decided you can’t do that, or else.
Union: Yes, or else, indeed. That’s the core concept here.
Call his fuckin’ bluff, or else you don’t really have a union at all.
