WASHINGTON (AP) — A union representing Transportation Security Administration workers calls the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to end the collective bargaining agreement with them an “unprovoked attack.” The department Friday criticized the union and said poor performers were being allowed to stay on the job, hindering efforts to “keep Americans safe.” The American Federation of Government Employees says Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and President Donald Trump’s Republican administration are violating the right of staffers to join a union. The union says the order strips collective bargaining rights from 47,000 transportation security officers, who are responsible for staffing airports around the country.
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