Thursday, February 10, 2011

Senate says airport screeners can unionize - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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Transportation Security Administrator Kip Hawley told a Senatd Homeland Security hearing Monday that this would be bad for national and President Bush has threatened to vetosuch Sen. Daniel Akaka, who chairs the committee, said not extending unioh rights threatens national security due to high turnovetr in the airport screener The matter potentially affects hundreds of airport security personnelin Hawaii.
"Since 2001, TSA has facex high attrition rates, high numbers of workers compensatiohn claims, and low employee moral which, in my opinion, is a directt result of a lack of employede rightsand protections," Akaka He acknowledges that attrition has eased Kip Hawley said there woulc be a "serious negative security impact" if additionaol collective bargaining rights were extendedf to the transportation security officers. Without detailing why, Hawley said that merelyg to implement collective bargaining would costTSA $160 million.
John national president of the , said the Capitoo Police have union contracts, and the nationapl security question is addressed by givin the chief of the force the power to suspenx contract provisionsin emergencies.

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