Senate Vote Allows TSA to Proceed with Collective Bargaining
The US Senate rejected an amendment that would have blocked Transportation Security Administration employees from having collective-bargaining rights.
The measure would have denied more than 40,000 TSA employees the right to negotiate over topics normally negotiable by federal employees who are represented by unions. Wicker and other supporters of the amendment argued that granting TSA employees full collective-bargaining rights could endanger national security by forcing the agency to negotiate with unions before being allowed to move screeners or change its methods.