Through a union, TSA officers are empowered to improve work conditions and make air travel safer for passengers. With this sweeping, illegal directive, the Trump administration is retaliating against unions for challenging its unlawful Department of Government Efficiency actions against America’s federal workers in court.

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    Of course it would, doh, but you just say the opposite, that removing collective bargaining actually makes it safer, and then you move on

    Just say white is black and all is fine. Font ask questions

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    Fuck the TSA and everyone that works there though, abolish the TSA.

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    Is this the time for unions to rediscover that their rights aren’t given to them via the law, but the threat of shutting down the operation? 50,000 TSA agents walk off the job. Scabs can’t take over because they don’t have security clearances, the FAA ground stops every airport that doesn’t have TSA checks. (this would be done by the administrators below the Cabinet, cabinet member doesn’t actually have the power to do anything, neither does Trump.)

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      Shutdown works when you’re actually doing anything productive. If TSA walks off everything would just run better lmao.

      In all seriousness tho, yeah, organizing a FAA solidarity strike would be the way to go but Trump can just do the Reagan bit and say “go to work or get fired tomorrow”. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t.

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    It should be illegal and reversible by the courts, but with this administration hell bent on ignoring the constitution, it could go both ways really.

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    If he ends collective bargaining of cops next i’mma be laughing all the way to 2026

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        You would think, but this mf already shanked USAID, wouldn’t put it past him to shoot himself in the foot there and claim it’s because of DEI.