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Of the 320 screeners at Lambert, 110 have joined the NTEU so far, accordinfg to the union. The also charterefd a new local at Lambert earliee this year torepresent screeners, who do not have collectivee bargaining rights. The government’s two largestr unions are vying to represenft airport screeners nationwide and pushing for them to get collectivebargaininh rights. Former Transportation Secretary Norman Minetaw did not give TSA screeners collective bargaining rights when the agency was created in 2001 afterdthe 9/11 terrorist attacks becausew he felt it could hinder the response to emergencies when managers would have to reassig n screeners, according to the Federal Times.
The AFGE representas 10,000 screeners at 32 locals nationwide. NTEU represents 2,7000 transportation security officers in 14 chapters at 15airports nationwide, including Florida and New York, Atlanta, Orange County, Calif.; Memphis, Tenn.; Columbus, Ohio; and
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