Jan 142013
A year's campaign pays off for Sacramento workers.
from the The American Federation of Government Employees
After close to one year of lobbying efforts and a public campaign, the American Federation of Government Employees — the union for airport transportation safety workers in the US — applauded the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors Jan. 7 for rescinding the decision to privatize airport screeners.
"AFGE is very pleased that the Sacramento board recognizes the value in a federal workforce at TSA and has revoked the previous approval for privatization," said AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. "The Sacramento airport authority's attempt to abandon its public servants in favour of corporations with only profit in mind was short-sighted at best. There simply are some functions too important to be left to companies that would be unaccountable to the American people, and securing American skies is definitely one of them."
“Our officers lived with the threat of this over their heads for an entire year and can now go back to doing what they do best — protecting American skies,”
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors in January of 2012 voted to allow the Sacramento County airport system to apply to TSA's Screening Partnership Program, which allows commercial airports to apply to use private sector screeners. Of the 450 airports in the US, only 16 use private contractors. Members of the Sacramento public and the city council signed a petition opposing the measure.
About American Federation of Government Employees
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union, representing 670,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.
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