House members weigh alternate paths to TSA bargaining rights
Jul 20, 2007, 6:01 pm
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House members weigh alternate paths to TSA bargaining rights
Source: GovExec.com
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Last week, Senate Democrats agreed to strip language from the bill that would have granted bargaining rights to TSA screeners. Senate Republicans had requested assurances that the measure would not grant screeners such rights, largely because President Bush has threatened to veto the bill, citing the TSA provision.
"We don't see it as an issue to national security that TSA workers have the right to bargain," Thompson said. He added, however, that conferees view the TSA issue with reluctance, especially if its inclusion means the entire bill would falter. He said there has been some discussion with the Senate as to whether there is another way to get at the collective bargaining issue.
"We don't see it as an issue to national security that TSA workers have the right to bargain," Thompson said. He added, however, that conferees view the TSA issue with reluctance, especially if its inclusion means the entire bill would falter. He said there has been some discussion with the Senate as to whether there is another way to get at the collective bargaining issue.
Jul 20, 2007, 11:06 pm
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Just posted a comment. Hopefully it'll be number 2. It'll have a flyertalkesque ring to it, but you can definitely tell it won't be from Spiff. 
Jul 21, 2007, 6:48 am
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The remedy for free speech with which one disagrees is more free speech, not limiting free speech.
Jul 21, 2007, 9:35 am
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Still not up 4 hours later either. 
Pretty much I said that TSA shouldn't get collective bargaining and be allowed to unionize because they're already unaccountable. Unions would make them untouchable. If we think it's bad at the airport now ...
Pretty much I said that TSA shouldn't get collective bargaining and be allowed to unionize because they're already unaccountable. Unions would make them untouchable. If we think it's bad at the airport now ...
Jul 21, 2007, 12:37 pm
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How long was Reagan in office before he threatened to fire striking ATCs? (And then acted on it??)
Jul 21, 2007, 1:15 pm
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Which is exactly what I just said.
Perhaps I was being too subtle. What I was getting at was, how long was it from the time a new occupant took up residence in the White House until the time said CoC fired a warning shot across the bow of a unionized workforce, and then again until he pulled the trigger. @:-) (Answer: 6-1/2 months, and then 2 days respectively.)
Sometimes history nicely repeats itself. 
Perhaps I was being too subtle. What I was getting at was, how long was it from the time a new occupant took up residence in the White House until the time said CoC fired a warning shot across the bow of a unionized workforce, and then again until he pulled the trigger. @:-) (Answer: 6-1/2 months, and then 2 days respectively.)
NOBODY is going to fire shirking Screeners. The ones with attitude just keep getting to push us around.
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