TSA Fires 8 Newark Screeners
Jun 27, 2012 | 1:54 pm
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TSA Fires 8 Newark Screeners
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...reeners_c.html
Eight airport screeners in Newark were fired this morning, after being caught sleeping on the job or failing to follow other guidelines for screening checked bags,
Eight airport screeners in Newark were fired this morning, after being caught sleeping on the job or failing to follow other guidelines for screening checked bags,
Jun 27, 2012 | 1:57 pm
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“TSA holds all of its employees to the highest professional and ethical standards and has a zero tolerance for misconduct in the workplace,” the statement read. “Accountability is an important aspect of our work and TSA takes prompt and appropriate action with any employee who does not follow our procedures and engages in misconduct. The decision to take disciplinary action, including the proposed immediate removal of eight individuals from the TSA reaffirms our strong commitment to ensure the safety of the traveling public and to hold all our employees to the highest standards of conduct and accountability.”
Jun 27, 2012 | 2:09 pm
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“TSA holds all of its employees to the highest professional and ethical standards and has a zero tolerance for misconduct in the workplace”
Jun 27, 2012 | 2:18 pm
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http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...reeners_c.html
Eight airport screeners in Newark were fired this morning, after being caught sleeping on the job or failing to follow other guidelines for screening checked bags,
Eight airport screeners in Newark were fired this morning, after being caught sleeping on the job or failing to follow other guidelines for screening checked bags,
Jun 27, 2012 | 2:19 pm
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The sad bit is that those TSA employees who were sleeping on the job were doing the least damage.
Jun 27, 2012 | 2:21 pm
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Yes, they did. They did not followed the rules and they should never allowed to sleeping on the job. They have to stay awake all of the time. They will be terminated from the job. Those 8 screeners wil get disciplinary action.
Jun 27, 2012 | 2:23 pm
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The ones who were NOT sleeping on the job were doing exactly that.
Jun 27, 2012 | 2:26 pm
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I'd be cool with slipping roofies into the coffee/booze of an entire TSA shift. Airports would be safer than ever!
Jun 27, 2012 | 2:26 pm
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The eight screeners fired after reporting for work this morning were all transportation security officers, or TSOs, rank-and-file employees who make up the bulk of the 1,400 TSA employees in Newark, the TSA said. The TSOs, who were not identified, worked in a bag room at Terminal B, the TSA said. All eight are barred from future employment with the agency.
Do they really need 1400 employees for 1 airport?
Do they really need 1400 employees for 1 airport?
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The employees were captured on videotape failing to follow standard operating procedures for screen checked bags, the agency said, adding that some of the screeners were videotaped sleeping in the bag room
Jun 27, 2012 | 2:47 pm
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Jun 27, 2012 | 3:13 pm
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The article said that the union stood ready to appeal all the terminations. I hope all the sleepers win. I wonder if they all slept individually or if they had a nice cozy slumber party???
Jun 27, 2012 | 3:32 pm
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