Ranking Member Thompson Celebrates TSA and AFGE’s New Collective Bargaining Agreement
(WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reaching a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), effective May 24. This is the first Collective Bargaining Agreement for TSA’s frontline workforce that closely resembles other Federal agencies and includes new topics such as: grievance and arbitration processes, procedures for impact and implementation bargaining at the national level, local bargaining consistent with the TSA Administrator’s 2022 Determination, official time, and bargaining unit employee rights and union rights.
“Today marks a significant step forward in the fight for fair workplace rights for TSA’s Transportation Security Officers. The signing of a new agreement will provide substantial benefits to the entire TSO workforce over the next seven years. Combined with significant pay raises enacted last year, these improvements will have a fundamental impact on TSA’s ability to recruit and retain employees and carry out its security mission.
“This advancement would not have been possible without the determination and collaboration of TSA’s workforce. I also want to thank Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, TSA Administrator David Pekoske, AFGE National President Everett Kelley, and TSA Council President Hydrick Thomas for their partnership in this effort.
“Now, there is still more work to be done. We need to ensure these improvements are made permanent in law so that no future administration can seek to undo them. That is why I reintroduced bipartisan legislation earlier this week to apply title 5 of the U.S. Code to TSA in statute.”
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