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Many TSA Officers Voted For Trump, now lost their union.
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My experience with the employees leads me to believe that they may not be our best and brightest.
I’d like to say that I’m surprised, but I am not.
Right?
I'm a big supporter of normal unions - but "unions" for government thugs feel different. We all know the police union only exists to keep cops away from consequences, I'm sure the airport security theater thugs were in a similar boat.
No government employee should have a union that helps them fight against the interests of the public they are (hypothetically) serving. It's nonsensical.
It keeps the incompetent around.
That’s what unions do, along with artificially inflating wages for unskilled work
While there are tons of problems with the TSA, protecting those that aren't the brightest is part of the reason unions exist, isn't it?
No. the reason unions exist is to
Unfortunately a side effect is that unions also protect the stupid/incompetent/lazy to the detriment of the company AND union.