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Congress' Punt.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
Airport Security: Remember how a new breed of airport screeners was on the way because they all would be federal employees? Think again.
You recall the arguments. House Republicans and the White House wanted to give the administration the option of making airport screeners federal workers. The Senate preferred they join the federal work force. "To professionalize, you must federalize," intoned Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D. So in this logic, federal workers equals professional workers equals safer skies. The Senate view prevailed and all airport screeners must be federal workers by Nov. 19 (with their union cards, no doubt).
Now it seems that in order to meet that deadline, the government wants to hire many of the existing screeners -- and is willing to waive a few basic requirements to do so.
For instance, a high school diploma would be nice, but a year's work experience showing the "ability to perform the work of the position" is ...
- Scramble to hire, train airport screeners could undermining system.
- Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) June 8, 2002 700+ words
...government must hire and train more than 280 airport screeners every day for the rest of the year to meet...Transportation Security Act, which says all airport screeners must be federal workers by Nov. 19, and that all bags must be scanned...
- Switch to Federal Airport Screeners at Spokane, Wash., Airport to Come Later.
- Newspaper article from: The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) April 3, 2002 700+ words
...3--Plans to convert Spokane's airport screeners into federal employees won't occur...Eventually more than 35,000 private airport screeners will be replaced by federal workers. A private company, NCS Pearson of...
- Airport Screeners a Step Closer to Bargaining Rights
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Joe Davidson July 10, 2009 700+ words
...attempt to weaken or kill legislation that would allow airport screeners the right to bargain collectively. But Republican opponents...the TSA remains near the bottom of the heap in regard to federal workers' view of their workplace. Gaining bargaining rights for...
- Turnover among Airport Screeners Falls to Record Low.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 17, 2003 700+ words
...Tribune Business News Feb. 17--Job turnover among airport screeners has fallen to a record low level of 4 percent nationally...many cities earned about half the wages being paid to the federal workers. The federal screeners earn $23,000 to $35,000 a...
- Union seeks foot in door of agency; Aims to organize airport screeners.(PAGE...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times November 23, 2002 700+ words
...issues," AFGE national organizer Peter Winch said of the airport screeners. Union officials said the filing with the Federal Labor...The government-employees union is trying to organize federal workers at the nation's 31 largest airports, which handle 70...
- Airport Screeners Arrive at Philadelphia Airport; Bomb Detectors Are Next.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News September 11, 2002 700+ words
...flag certain travelers as "safe." Meanwhile, in Philadelphia yesterday, passengers gave mixed reactions to the new federal workers, who are replacing screeners that worked for private security companies hired by the airlines. "Part of our developmental...
- Raleigh, N.C., Airport Screeners, Equipment in Place for Thanksgiving Rush.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News November 25, 2002 700+ words
...on-the-job training. About a third of the 350 screeners previously employed by private companies at RDU won jobs as federal workers. Nationally, about 15 percent of private screeners became federal employees; at some airports in larger cities, many...
- Oakland, Calif., Federal Airport Screeners Attend Swearing-In Ceremony.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 8, 2002 700+ words
...Oakland, the new screeners will begin at Terminal 1, replacing the current workers employed by a private security firm. The federal workers will begin at Terminal 2 by the Nov. 19 deadline. Eventually, 253 will be hired overall. Last week, several current...