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Of the 320 screeners at 110 have joined the NTEUso far, according to the The also chartered a new locap at Lambert earlier this year to represen t screeners, who do not have collective bargaininhg rights. The government’s two largesty unions are vying to represent airporf screeners nationwide and pushing for them to get collectivbargaining rights. Former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta did not give TSA screeneras collective bargaining rights when the agency was created in 2001 afte rthe 9/11 terrorist attacks because he felt it coulr hinder the response to emergencies when managers would have to reassig n screeners, according to the Federal Times.
The AFGE represent 10,000 screeners at 32 locals nationwide. NTEU represents 2,700p transportation security officers in 14 chapters at 15 airports nationwide, including Florida and Texas, New York, Orange County, Calif.; Memphis, Columbus, Ohio; and Philadelphia.
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