LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With more than 11,000
Transportation Security Administration members in 35 Locals nationwide, the
American Federation of Government Employees will mark its role as the only
real union for TSA workers with a celebration of Transportation Security
Officers in Los Angeles on Oct. 29.
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Executive Secretary Treasurer
Maria Elana Durazo will join AFGE in the celebration. While the powerful
AFL-CIO has supported AFGE in its efforts at TSA for eight years, AFL-CIO
President Richard Trumka in September extended that support.
"Right now, 40,000 TSA employees are on the verge of winning their collective
bargaining rights. Our sisters and brothers in AFGE are going to organize
them, and...I want you to know that the AFL-CIO will stand with them until
every last one of those TSA employees are organized," Trumka said.
"Unlike stand-alone unions, AFGE enjoys the AFL-CIO's enormous political clout
on Capitol Hill and across the country," said AFGE National President John
Gage. "Being a part of the AFL-CIO is being a part of the rich and proud
history of the U.S. labor movement--an institution that is critical to our
country and its middle class."
In addition to food and fun, Thursday's event also will include a legal
clinic, at which TSOs will have the opportunity to talk one-on-one with an
AFGE attorney dedicated to TSA cases. Although TSOs are not afforded
collective bargaining rights, AFGE does represent them before the EEOC and in
court. AFGE court cases have resulted in TSA being held to the Rehabilitation
Act, TSOs having the right to have constitutional issues heard in the courts,
and countless TSOs getting their jobs back or demotions being overturned.
WHO:
The American Federation of Government Employees Local 1234
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Executive Secretary Treasurer
Maria Elana Durazo
WHAT: AFGE will show its solidarity with, and appreciation for TSA employees
with a luncheon and legal clinic
WHERE:
Los Angeles International Airport, Arrival Level between Terminal 1 and 2
In case of inclement weather, event will be at 5757 W Century Blvd, #700
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 29; 10 am - 4 pm
AFGE is the largest federal employee union representing 600,000 workers in the
federal government and the government of the District of Columbia, including
tens of thousands of DHS employees in Border Patrol, Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Federal Protective
Service, FEMA, Coast Guard and TSA.
SOURCE American Federation of Government Employees
Karina Quintana, +1-310-528-4263, or Emily Ryan, +1-202-639-6421, both of
AFGE
