At the end of every year, we look back in wonderment, awe, and sadness, for what the previous year brought or took from us; and at the beginning of every year, we look forward to what the new year has in store for us, never… Read More »It’s a New Year…It’s a New Day!
Today, TSA Administrator David Pekoske signed a new TSA Administrator’s Determination on Collective Bargaining for Transportation Security Officers (effective December 30, 2022), and by doing so, he kept his word to the Union that he would, soon after funding was approved by Congress and signed by… Read More »TSA Administrator’s Determination on Collective Bargaining for TSA (Effective Dec. 30, 2022)
As we celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, or another holiday this month, Council 100 wishes you all a healthy and warm holiday season! Your uphill struggle has not, and will not, go unnoticed. The quote “There’s never a substitute for hard work” explains our situation today.… Read More »Happy Holidays 2022
With the horrific images seared into our forever memories, either through watching repeated video footage on television, the Internet, or by those who were present at any one of the various crash sites across the eastern part of the United States: New York, New York;… Read More »A Thank You Letter
If there has been one major sin AFGE has committed through the years, it has been not trumpeting its own victories loudly and obnoxiously, and to some degree, allowing TSA to take credit for things it never initiated, much of which were ideas or legislation… Read More »From the Beginning in New Beginnings
Every day, you give your all to the call of mission, duty, and honor to protect this nation’s transportation security systems and, most importantly, its people. Every. Damn. Day. There is no give, no breaking down to consider your own perils as Federal employees; only… Read More »Happy Thanksgiving 2022
November 1st, 2022 – Los Angeles, CA Today, nine (9) years ago, on November 1st, 2013, Transportation Security Officer Gerardo I. Hernandez was shot and killed while performing his public service to this nation, for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), at the Los Angeles International… Read More »In Memoriam – Gerardo I. Hernandez (LAX)
Where were you on September 11th, 2001? A common question or rhetorical phrase we hear as that horrendous day becomes more part of historical reference than something people personally experienced. Consider that many of the new employees at TSA were not even born 21 years ago—as we… Read More »Patriots Day (09/11/22)
Often serving as a marker to signal the end of summertime, the last holiday before kids return back to school (some already have), or just another three-day weekend when barbecues are had, vacations are took, and parks are packed, Labor Day, which was unofficially established… Read More »Labor Day 2022
ake a look around you, look at all the grandeur, which surrounds you! We live in the greatest country on earth; and we love this country with all our hearts. She is the mother who harbors all who seek refuge, that is how she was… Read More »Fourth of July 2022
