Big Gummint & Bigt Labor

TSA and Big Labor: A Bad Union

“   Just days after the Senate failed to prevent the TSA from holding a vote to unionize, investigators at Newark airport uncovered a long-running scam in which TSA screeners were using their security powers to steal from passengers. If that's what we can expect now, what can we look forward to once the mouth-breathers at the front lines of the war on terror are allowed to bargain collectively with stodgy Uncle Sam? Ed Feulner proffers a glimpse: "Look what happened in Toronto over the Thanksgiving holiday in 2006. Canadian law allows airline screeners to unionize, and at that time, the Toronto airport union was unhappy with how the talks were going. So they decided to send a little message to government: They started hand-inspecting every single piece of luggage. As planned, of course, this caused huge back-ups, and many fliers missed their flights." Sounds lovely, no? It gets better: "To help move people along, managers allowed 250,000 people to board their flights without being screened." It's like airport screeners, many of whom are apparently toads, will be able to form one giant toad that keeps you from flying anywhere, ever. Via DC Morning