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"PASS and other current TSA workplace practices that ignore federal worker rights need to go," said AFGE President John Gage. "It is essential that TSOs are afforded the same rights to negotiate over important workplace issues, due process, whistleblower protections, veterans' preference, appropriate salaries, fair pay increases, and leave policies as other federal workers—including those in the Department of Homeland Security."

 -John Gage, National President, American Federation of Government Employees

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The bill that would grant Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) collective bargaining rights and the same workplace protections as other federal workers is scheduled to be debated and voted on by the House Homeland Security Committee July 9th.

The Transportation Security Workforce Enhancement Act, H.R. 1881, would give TSOs the right to bargain collectively for better workplace rules. It would do away with TSA's highly subjective pay system, the Performance Accountability and Standards System (PASS), and would move TSOs under the General Schedule system, which covers most federal employees.

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