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Reuters
15 minutes ago
- Reuters
US judge blocks Trump from nixing union bargaining for TSA officers
June 2 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday said the administration of President Donald Trump likely broke the law by stripping 50,000 transportation security officers of the ability to unionize and bargain over their working conditions. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle, Washington, blocked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from canceling a union contract covering TSA officers pending the outcome of a lawsuit by four unions challenging the move. The lawsuit claims the Trump administration ended collective bargaining for TSA officers, who staff checkpoints at U.S. airports and other transportation hubs, as retaliation against the unions for suing over administration policies. Trump, a Republican, has moved to curb union bargaining for wide swaths of the federal workforce. A U.S. appeals court in May allowed those efforts to proceed, pausing a lower court ruling that had blocked seven agencies from canceling union contracts while it considers an appeal. Because of the sensitive nature of their jobs, TSA officers are not governed by the civil service system and do not have the same rights to unionize and collectively bargain over working conditions as most other federal employees. During former President Barack Obama's administration, the TSA granted officers the ability to bargain over certain subjects. Former President Joe Biden's administration expanded the scope of bargaining in 2021. The agency last year reached a seven-year labor deal with the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal worker union. Workers received enhanced shift trade options, increased allowance for uniforms and additional paid leave as part of the agreement. On February 27, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem rescinded the directives that had allowed TSA officers to unionize and directed the agency to cancel the bargaining agreement within 90 days. Noem said the union contract guarantees benefits such as paid leave that are abused by a small number of officers and shields poor performers from being fired, burdening the entire agency. Noem also said she had asked lawyers at DHS to adopt policies barring any future administration from granting TSA workers the right to bargain without action from Congress. AFGE and the other unions that sued said Noem failed in her memo to provide a reasoned explanation for her decision, and that TSA lacks the power to set aside the bargaining agreement. The other plaintiffs include a Washington-based AFGE affiliate that represents TSA officers and unions for flight attendants and airport workers. Those unions say their members rely on TSA officers to keep them safe while working. Pechman is an appointee of Democratic President Bill Clinton.
The Independent
30 minutes ago
- The Independent
John Legend reveals what he'd say to Kanye West today after friendship breakdown
John Legend has opened up on what he would say to Kanye West if there were no cameras around. Speaking to Damian Hughes on the High Performance podcast, the EGOT winner, 46, touched on his relationship with the rapper, 47, whom he collaborated with in the past. West has been wrapped up in a series of controversies in recent years, including posting antisemitic rants on social media, wearing a black Ku Klux Klan outfit during an interview and selling swastika T-shirts on his website. Legend publicly turned away from West in 2022 following the latter's support for Donald Trump, saying the political division between the two 'became too much for us to sustain'.
Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Daily Mail
Poll: Trump has positive rating on just one key issue
Top pollster Nate Silver revealed that President Donald Trump has a positive rating on just one key issue, according to his latest analysis. Silver, who pens the Silver Bulletin polling blog, shared in his most recent entry that the Republican president is receiving negative marks on trade, the economy and inflation. The only area where Trump is polling above 50 percent is on immigration, the polling guru wrote. Averaging out the results from many recent surveys, Silver has data pointing to Trump garnering a +2.5 percent approval rating on immigration amid the president's crackdown on immigrants in the country illegally. Since the beginning of the Trump administration, ICE has arrested over 80,000 illegal immigrants and counting. White House officials have said they want to increase the pace too, eventually getting to 3,000 arrests per day, up from the current average around 650. If the administration is to hit their 3,000 arrests per day goal, that would equate to over a million arrests annually. ICE announced a sweeping raid rounding up nearly 1,500 illegal migrants on Monday in just Massachusetts. The raid, dubbed 'Operation Patriot', saw hundreds of illegals with criminal rap sheets taken into custody. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said Monday that many of those apprehended are 'drug traffickers, [sexual] offenders, murderers and foreign fugitives.' However, despite the positive reception of Trump's immigration reforms, Silver's analysis found faltering support for the president's economic agenda. Silver's model found Trump has a -9.5 percent approval rating on trade, a -17.5 percent approval rating on inflation and an -11.3 percent approval rating on the economy. Overall, he has a 45.9 percent approval rating compared to a 51.3 percent disapproval rating, per the Silver Bulletin's average. That is a -5.4 percent net approval rating, still a far cry from his second term low of -9.7 percent, which was delivered in the wake of the Republican's tariff announcement. The RealClearPolitics average shows a similar result, with Trump pulling in a 47.1 percent approval rating compared to a 50 percent disapproval score. Meanwhile, J.L. Partners for the Daily Mail found Trump's approval at a split 50 percent in May after the president returned from a trip to the Middle East where he met with world leaders from several nations. Sentiment over Trump's economy has varied since the Republican announced a sweeping tariff plan in April. A Marquette University Law School poll in May claimed that two out of three respondents gave Trump negative marks for his handling of the economy.
