Airports Are Opting for Private Security Over the TSA. The Union Says That's a Public Safety Threat.

The union for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees is worried about the agency's turn toward privatization.

Earlier this week, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)—which represents 47,000 Transportation Security Officers at 400 airports across the country—issued a press release calling the Trump administration's "push" to put airport security screening in the hands of private contractors a threat to its members' jobs and public safety.