The largest federal government employee union is alleging in a new lawsuit that the Trump administration violated its First Amendment rights and the "hallowed" sanctity of contracts by canceling a collective bargaining agreement covering Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport security screeners.
"This attack on our members is not just an attack on AFGE or transportation security officers. It's an assault on the rights of every American worker," said Everett Kelly, president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), in an emailed statement announcing the lawsuit.
AFGE, alongside two unions representing airport workers and flight attendants, is suing the TSA, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, after Noem's unilateral decision last week to tear up what was supposed to be a seven-year union contract with TSA screeners.
