CWA Condemns Trump’s Termination of TSA Collective Bargaining Agreement

Today Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, acting on behalf of Donald Trump and Elon Musk, announced that she is planning to terminate the collective bargaining agreement covering 45,000 frontline TSA workers who are represented by AFGE.

This illegal action puts the safety of the American public at risk, including 80,000 CWA members who work in the aviation industry as Flight Attendants and Passenger Service Agents. The fair pay and benefits guaranteed by the TSA officers’ collective bargaining agreement attract highly-qualified workers, and the protections the agreement offers ensure that they can speak up without fear of retaliation.

CWA members stand in solidarity with these TSA officers and demand that the Trump Administration honor their union contract.

Donald Trump and his billionaire funders are trying to eliminate collective bargaining agreements because they know how powerful workers are when they join together in a union. CEOs like Elon Musk want total control over our lives, and union contracts backed by members willing to strike for better working conditions stand in their way.

By illegally attempting to terminate this agreement and through their efforts to shut down the National Labor Relations Board, Trump and Musk are sending a message to America’s corporations that they no longer have to abide by our union contracts. America’s working people have a different message: we will not back down.

We are united in the face of these attacks. AFGE, CWA, and other unions have been filing - and winning - lawsuits to stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s illegal takeover of independent agencies that protect our rights. Now Trump and Musk are retaliating by terminating the TSA workers’ collective bargaining agreement.

We don’t give in to bullies. We will continue to defend our rights in the courts, but we know that we cannot win justice through the courts alone. We will rally, we will march, and, if necessary, we will strike in defense of our freedom to improve our working conditions by joining unions and bargaining contracts.

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