The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has just terminated the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that covers 47,000 TSA employees, removing workplace protections and giving the DHS more authority over the management of the workers. But the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) says this is an "illegal act of retaliation" and "a slap in the face to the dedicated workforce that shows up each and every day for the flying public."

In a press release on Friday, December 12, the TSA announced that the CBA has been rescinded, shifting the agency "back into a security-focused framework." This is the DHS's second attempt this year through Secretary Kristi Noem, after a judge blocked her directive to end the agreement, and only a month after the longest government shutdown i

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