[hometoroost]

Man, as slowly as they move now they'd have to be dead to get less done after they unionize.

[Marine Inspector]

The administration vigorously opposes a measure that would give TSA screeners the same collective bargaining and whistleblower rights held by most other federal employees.

The whistleblower rights are what he is most afraid of. He's spent the last 5 years trying to get rid of those rights for all federal employees.

[padre35]

labor rights.

Labor rights?

Sure.

Labor rights to taxpayers money?

No way. No thanks.

[EGPWS]

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman of Connecticut said screeners have been denied the most basic employee protections since joining the federal payroll after the Sept. 11 attacks.

There are plenty of other jobs outside of government that wont deny basic protections.

Quit the government at go find one!

Of course you will have to work to maintain your basic employee protections.

[DustyMoment]

GOP Warns of Union Talk in Security Bill (Bush to Veto 9/11 Comm Bill if it Allows TSA to Unionize)

How do I doubt this? Let me count the ways . . . .

Bush won't veto anything - his VETO pen was sent out for cleaning after the one and only time he used it and he wants to keep it that way something really important crosses his desk that REALLY needs vetoing.

This will pass and he will sign it. After all, he bowed down to tiny tommy daschle and created this dreck agency, why would he get in the way of making the whole thing that much worse??

[Eva]

As I recall, Daschle held up the homeland security bill to force unionization of the security workers. I thought he won. I can't believe that those luggage checkers are not union workers.