What the heck is going on - it is more important to worry about letting TSA workers form a union it seems, then it is to worry about passenger safety these days. Maybe if they spent less time worrying about a non issue, they wouldn't have to worry about a guy lighting himself on fire in a plane...
This comedy just keeps getting worse.
Napolitano wants to unionize TSA employees despite safety concerns
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Napolitano-wants-to-unionize-TSA-employees-despite-safety-concerns-80206432.html
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"...When we formed the airport security system we realize we could not use collective bargaining and unionization because of that need to be flexible. Yet that appears to be the top priority of the administration."
The flexibility that DeMint speaks of is crucial. After a British airliner bombing plot was uncovered in 2006, the TSA overhauled security procedures in a matter of 12 hours to deal with the threat of liquid explosives. It's difficult to imagine that kind of flexibility under ossified union rules.
The reason why DeMint is concerned about unionizing TSA is twofold. One, the President's nominee to head up the TSA, Eroll Southers, refuses to say whether he would allow collective bargaining.
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