Originally Posted by
srilm
It depends largely on how bad the working conditions are. If it's as bad as many of the officers I have spoken with say it is, the improvement in morale and a feeling of control over working conditions could greatly improve our experience as passengers. Having been a union worker for 21 years, I feel much better about my job knowing it is there, and do better work because of it.
I would be willing to bet that one of the first things a TSA union would do is try to get rid of or severely curtail the enhanced pat-downs as they exist now. That doesn't mean they'll succeed in doing it, of course. It's demeaning to the customers and the workers, and no union will stand for that without a fight. I would imagine they would fight for a full investigation into the safety of the nude-o-scopes, determine which ones if any are safe, and use those -- at least two at each implementation site, one for males, one for females, with a same-sex officer on the scanners. That would be typical union tactics.
SR
Have you seriously taken a look at some of the people the TSA has hired?
They wouldn't work better because they know they have a job. If anything they are going to become NAZIS......YES I SAID IT.........NAZIS.
They already BARK orders and are so RUDE in some airports that if they talked to people like that outside of the blue shirt and tin badge they'd find themselves on the receiving end of a fist or shoe.
1st the enhanced pat downs wouldn't be stopped or curtailed. Nappy & Pissy aren't going to stop these or they would have during this past Thanksgiving when it was being flashed around the news. They both stated this wouldn't stop.
2nd the implementation of the AIT/WBI also came from the TOP......a lowly unionized TSA isn't going to stop the deployment of these machines.
Typical union tactics........the only thing typical about a unions today are DUES.
A union isn't going to improve morale. If you've talked to TSO's and they complain about bad working conditions that's too bad. If they don't like it they can quit. But they won't because there are no jobs in this fraking country anymore. So they will continue working for an organization that LET'S them have a bit of power and they love it.
And don't think they work hard. Standing around, looking at ID's and monitors doesn't take a rocket scientist. And let's pretend they're keeping you safe. Oh please.
Even someone with a GED can work for the TSA. That's promising for anyone with no goals or skills.
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