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RALEIGH, N.C., July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- John S. Pistole, the new Administrator for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today visited Raleigh-Durham International Airport, as he continues a series of visits to airports and transportation facilities. Speaking with TSA employees and airport and airline stakeholders, he outlined his top goals and priorities, which include: Improving TSA's counterterrorism focus through intelligence and cutting edge technologySupporting...

DALLAS, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees, the union for Transportation Security Officers (TSO) in Dallas and across the country, will show its gratitude for the TSA workforce with an event Friday, July 23 at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. "In gratitude of their hard work and commitment to protecting this nation, AFGE would publicly like to say 'thank you' to every TSO, and in particular, those in Dallas," AFGE 10th District National Vice...

Pistole Also Begins Site Visits, Asks Traveling Public and Stakeholders to Provide Feedback BOSTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Administrator for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) John S. Pistole today visited Boston Logan International Airport. As Pistole begins his tenure with the agency, he announced his top goals and priorities, which include: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090401/TSALOGO) (Logo:...

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The American Federation of Government Employees, the union for Transportation Security Officers (TSO) in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and across the country, will show its gratitude for the TSA workforce with an event Sunday, July 18 at the Ft. Lauderdale airport. The union will be joined by Florida State Senator Dan Gelber, South Florida AFL-CIO President Fred Frost and Broward County AFL-CIO President Dan Reynolds. "In gratitude of their...

AFGE leaders to join Delta employees in highlighting need for unions, collective bargaining rights ATLANTA, July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two member/leaders from the American Federation of Government Employees, the union for Transportation Security Officers in Atlanta and across the country, will share their struggles on working without basic protections on the job at the Atlanta Airport Solidarity Committee's Town Hall Meeting on July 15. AFGE Local 555 President Aubrey Williams and...

AFGE "Application to Review the Regional Director's Decision" goes to full FLRA WASHINGTON, June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees today filed an appeal with the Federal Labor Relations Authority, asking that the full Authority review and grant AFGE's petition for exclusive union representation at TSA. "We have known from the day we filed our petition [with the regional FLRA] that the ultimate decision would come back to the full FLRA," AFGE...

WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today it has awarded its Information Technology Infrastructure Program (ITIP) contract to CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation), of Falls Church, Va., for the deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of TSA's IT infrastructure capabilities. The award, with a base period of May 2010 - May 2011, is worth a total of approximately $489 million for a five-year life cycle. (Logo:...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees today applauded the efforts of, and expressed concern for, the Transportation Security Officers injured in a hazardous material incident at Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield, Calif. Earlier today, the outside of a checked bag tested positive for the presence of TNT. The TSOs who examined the contents of the bag were overcome by fumes emitted from the bag, and were taken to the hospital with...

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Labor unions and other airport groups from around the Orlando area will show their support for Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) by signing a statement of solidarity at an event December 17 at Orlando International Airport. In addition, Debra Boothe, district director for U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson will attend on the congressman's behalf, and Eatonville Mayor Bruce Mount has been invited to attend. There will be a solidarity walk through...

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Broward County AFL-CIO President Dan Reynolds, United Faculty of Florida Broward College President Damon Davis, UNITE HERE Local 355 President Wendi Walsh, and representatives of area AFL-CIO affiliates--including American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1542, American Postal Workers Union, and the International Brothers of Electrical Workers Union 728--will show their support for Transportation Security...