TSA Workers Under Attack

Mar 17, 2025

Airport Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers have been told by the Department of Homeland Security that their union contract is CANCELLED and all existing grievances are terminated.

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said that as of March 7, the agency would “cease using its payroll system for collecting union dues.”

Roughly 45,000 TSA union members who work at more than 430 airports will no longer have 200 full time union reps to help them. All union reps have been ordered back to work during the next 90 days.

Homeland Security announced it would get rid of any type of seniority or longevity system at TSA. Employees will now work under a new system, based on “performance” and enhanced “productivity.” In other words, they plan to squeeze more work out of every TSA worker!

Said one 22-year TSA employee, “Nobody wants to work in a place where you have no rights or workplace protections.”

On March 14, a federal lawsuit was filed by a coalition of three labor unions. It seeks to stop the termination of the union contract of TSA workers.

The president of the main union filing the lawsuit, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), called this attack “an assault on the rights of every American worker.” The Communications Workers of America and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA joined this lawsuit. These two unions rightly recognize what is happening as an attack on every union contract.

From the standpoint of the billionaires running the federal government, if airports are thrown into chaos, they have no reason to care. Trump and Musk skip the long lines and fly on Air Force One or a private jet when THEY need to travel!