Support Transportation Security Officers

When the TSA was formed following 9-11 Congress deprived 55,000 Transportation Security Officers of the right to collective bargaining. The time has come for those workers to be given back the right to form a union. Please copy and paste the following text into a letter and send it by fax (preferred or US mail (to their local offices only) to Senators Cornyn and Hutchison. Their fax numbers and home office addresses are provided. Be sure to include your name and address.

Gary Moffitt
Local 567 Legislative Director

Sample Letter

Dear Senator

I urge you to support the inclusion of a provision that would grant TSO's the union rights and labor rights afforded to other workers in TSA and DHS in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's version of legislation to implement the 9/11 Commission recommendations.

TSA has been plagued by problems never seen in any federal agency. It leads the federal government in attrition and injury rates. Union and other labor rights are necessary to ensure the highly trained, experienced, career screener workforce the public demands and the 9/11 Commission recommends.

Collective bargaining rights for TSO's will not hinder the federal government's emergency response capability. Every union contract with federal government agencies includes the right to assign work and detail workers as necessary, including in times of emergency. Collective bargaining agreements set procedures for work assignments, which leads to stability in the workplace. Union rights lead to trained, experienced and efficient workers and that is what makes us a safer nation.

I urge you to support the bipartisan effort to provide TSO's with basic union and labor rights. Please let me know where you stand on this issue.

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