Unions to Rally for Bargaining Rights for Airport Security Agents

Union activists will rally at the AFL-CIO on Feb. 23 to support bargaining rights for the 40,000 Transportation Security Officers who work at the nation's airports. Union members across DC and staff from every union, including the National Education Association, Change to Win unions and AFL-CIO unions, will join the rally beginning at 11:30.

It's time that the Obama administration and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano grants these agents their full workplace rights, just as other federal employees have.

When the Transportation Security Administration was created following the 2001 terrorist attacks, the Bush administration banned bargaining rights for TSA agents. Still, more than 12,000 TSOs have joined the American Federation of Government Employees.