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Welcome Session 'Live with GBTA' hosts TSA Administrator John Pistole and United Airlines' Jeff Smisek in Discussion of What's Next in Air Travel DENVER, Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) - the voice of the global business travel industry - kicked off a record breaking 2011 GBTA Convention in Denver, Colorado hosting TSA Administrator John Pistole and United Continental Holdings, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Smisek to...

ROCKVILLE, Md., July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded two regional task orders totalling $72 million to help TSA integrate and deploy new passenger screening and security equipment at airports across the east and central United States. The task orders were awarded under the TSA's Security Equipment Systems Integration (SESI) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) vehicle and include one base-year plus one option-year. "Lockheed Martin has...

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees--the union for Transportation Security Administration workers nationwide--today expressed outrage at House members who voted to strip from TSA workers the right to collectively bargain by passing an amendment by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-Ind.) to the House DHS Appropriations Bill. AFGE said it would continue to fight any similar amendment in the Senate. The Rokita amendment (to the House DHS...

Clark and NFLPA back AFGE in union election at TSAPITTSBURGH, May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pittsburgh Steeler and National Football League Players Association player representative Ryan Clark on Wednesday will tell Transportation Security Officers in Pittsburgh to vote for the American Federation of Government Employees in an upcoming union election at TSA.Only AFGE has been endorsed by the NFLPA in its effort to make TSA a fair, balanced and safe workplace, and to bring a...

TSA union renews call for adequate staffing at agency WASHINGTON, March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees today renewed its call for adequate staffing throughout TSA after the union received a high number of complaints from Transportation Security Officers across the country with concerns of gender biases surrounding scheduling and shift-bidding. "There are overtones of gender discrimination throughout the nation's airports, and AFGE has...

Never a better time to implement observation program, says AFGE WASHINGTON, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees, the union for Transportation Security Officers nationwide, today called on TSA to immediately begin a nationwide radiation monitoring program and provide TSOs with dosimeters to measure radiation output at the checkpoints. "AFGE has long advocated for a comprehensive radiation safety program that includes monitoring employees...

New Determination allows Transportation Security Officers to vote on whether they want representation for limited collective bargaining on non-security employment issues WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole today issued a Determination that provides a framework to protect TSA's ability to respond to evolving threats while allowing Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to vote on whether or not they...

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Tuesday unveiled its new pilot program aimed at calming the uproar over full-body scanners used to screen travelers at airports around the country. The new software will no longer produce an image of the actual person said the TSA. The new scanners will be released in three US airports that will show screeners an alert on a generic male or female figure only if something suspicious is detected and will highlight the spot of concern. The...

A new online gift shop, TSAGiftShop.com, offers mugs, training posters, a line of "˜TSA Replacement Clothing,' "˜TSA 2011 Wall Calendar' and other bootleg products spoofing "˜Male Junk,' TSA alleged abuses, and (alleged) "˜Secret TSA Detention Centers.' Athens, OH (PRWEB) December 10, 2010 A new, on-line gift shop offers unauthorized 'TSA products' which poke fun at the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and hopes to find a market among the millions who feel outraged...

Local labor activists to show support for AFGE and its TSA members PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees, the union for Transportation Security Officers (TSO) in Philadelphia and across the country, will show its gratitude for the TSA workforce with a Solidarity Stand Thursday, Sept. 23 at Philadelphia International Airport. "In gratitude of their hard work and commitment to protecting this nation, AFGE would publicly like to say...