By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Friday terminated the collective bargaining agreement covering 47,000 Transportation Security Administration officers, the department said in a statement.

The American ‍Federation of Government Employees, which represents the airport screening officers, said it would file a lawsuit to challenge the decision.

The Department of Homeland Security said it would implement the new labor framework on January 11 and would no longer be collecting union dues from TSA officers’ paychecks.

In June, a U.S. judge issued ‌a preliminary injunction blocking Noem’s March 7 attempt to ‌end the collective bargaining agreement.

On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to restore collective bargai

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