The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ending collective bargaining for Transportation Security Officers with the TSA, Fox News reports, citing a release obtained by Fox Business.
According to the report, The TSA has more people doing “full-time union work” vs. performing actual screening functions at 86% of US airports. Put another way, 374 out of 432 federalized airports have fewer than 200 TSA Officers to perform screening functions, while the rest are paid by the government but work “full-time on union matters” and do not retain certification to perform screening.
What’s more, DHS cited a recent TSA employee survey which found that over 60% of “poor performers” are allowed to stay employed and “not surprisingly, continue to not perform.”
(Also, maybe get rid of the nut-grabbers in the TSA patdown area when we don’t want to submit to those Total Recall scanners made by Leidos – formerly SAIC).
According to DHS, eliminating collective bargaining will make airports more efficient by eliminating “bureaucratic hurdles that will enhance productivity, and lower passengers’ wait times in security lines.”
DHS says that TSA Officers will now be promoted based on performance vs. tenure or union membership.
Amazing things can be done with numbers.
Should government employees even have unions ?
If so, why ?