TSA hate and union hate? Oh this should be a fun flamewar. I'm getting popcorn.

GAT_00: TSA hate and union hate?

What's not to hate about either of those?

Considering unions still aren't legal in some states (Texas is one of them, which is why they delicately discuss "collective bargaining"), but TSA is required to have a presence in every US airport... I don't think this will go far.

As much as the TSA rent-a-cops annoy me, I would hate to see them go on strike. Imagine that shiatstorm hitting all of our airports.

Also, it can always be worse. Currently, I just get a body scan every time I am profiled as a potential threat to airport security. They rifle through my underwear collection in search of the hazardous materials I am no doubt transporting (shampoo, mouthwash, bottled water...).

If the TSA unionizes, I'll be getting nude body scans while modeling my underwear collection and being forced to use the non-hazardous materials I am carrying for unclean purposes.

platkat: Considering unions still aren't legal in some states

What?

platkat: Considering unions still aren't legal in some states (Texas is one of them, which is why they delicately discuss "collective bargaining")

Huh? There is union labor in Texas. Including the AFGE (AFL-CIO).

platkat: Considering unions still aren't legal in some states (Texas is one of them, which is why they delicately discuss "collective bargaining")

What the hell are you smoking??

Unions are legal here in Texas.

What isn't legal here in Texas is to require union membership in order to work in a shop.

Churchill2004: and he lives and works in Texarkana

He has my condolences.

platkat: Also, it can always be worse. Currently, I just get a body scan every time I am profiled as a potential threat to airport security. They rifle through my underwear collection in search of the hazardous materials I am no doubt transporting (shampoo, mouthwash, bottled water...).

If the TSA unionizes, I'll be getting nude body scans while modeling my underwear collection and being forced to use the non-hazardous materials I am carrying for unclean purposes.

Newsletter?

SchlingFocker: What isn't legal here in Texas is to require union membership in order to work in a shop.

For many union supporters, this is tantamount to unions not being legal. I mean, what good is having a union if you can't force everyone to join.

Tunk87: SchlingFocker: What isn't legal here in Texas is to require union membership in order to work in a shop.

For many union supporters, this is tantamount to unions not being legal. I mean, what good is having a union if you can't force everyone to join.


Being forced to join the UFCW when I was 17 sucked donkey balls.

Unions are important when they're not run by criminals.

Wow, I take off for a few minutes and all hell breaks loose.

Maybe I'm confused. I used to work for a teachers' association in Texas and it was my understanding that we used collective bargaining in lieu of labor unions. The two didn't sound terribly different to me--the same thing wrapped in different boxes.

The fact that TSA workers are federal employees makes it a moot point anyway. I guess I didn't think of them as such because most of them were wards of the state before they found themselves so gainfully employed.

platkat: Considering unions still aren't legal in some states (Texas is one of them, which is why they delicately discuss "collective bargaining"), but TSA is required to have a presence in every US airport... I don't think this will go far.

Really? That must why Texas has no public school teachers, UPS workers, pilots, and flight attendants.

SchlingFocker: Churchill2004: and he lives and works in Texarkana

He has my condolences.

Who found the ark inside Texarkana?

/doubt it's obscure.

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They were going to onionize, but who knew that this information would leek out so soon?

ne2d: Damn, you sure pwned that strawman.

Dunno, sounds like the ranting of the libertarian to me.

The Angry Hand of God: If they are allowed to unionize, would a strike mean that no one could fly that day or will the airport just say f*ck it?


Who knows....but if they did go on strike, I would hope that Obama would fire them....just like Reagan and the air traffic controllers.

A friend of mine used to work at TSA. From what he told me, most of the staff isn't intelligent enough to figure out what a strike is, and very few of them make enough money to go on strike for any considerable amount of time.

Keep in mind, these were the guys that would go through your luggage looking for dildos and such.

gorgor: The Angry Hand of God: gorgor: I'm still eating Del Taco and quart of Milk of Magnesia.
Go ahead, cavity search.

All they would find would be a collection of really awesome pictures.

I think they would become an awesome picture :)

or, if you want to keep the tsa tards from searching your hard drive (too much) a nice folder full of gorgor pictures prominently displayed on the desktop or AS a desktop image might be a good deterrent

Treygreen13: A friend of mine used to work at TSA. From what he told me, most of the staff isn't intelligent enough to figure out what a strike is, and very few of them make enough money to go on strike for any considerable amount of time.

Keep in mind, these were the guys that would go through your luggage looking for dildos and such.

"We have to use the indefinite article *a* dildo, never *your* dildo."

Fluorescent Testicle: Treygreen13: Keep in mind, these were the guys that would go through your luggage looking for using your dildos and such.

/FTFY.
//Enjoy that mental image.

I don't want to think about that, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Most of the things he mentioned I can't repeat because I want to eat food again at some point in the future. The stuff I can mention is that they were all incredibly lazy and had no inspiration to do anything other than look for hilarious things in people's luggage.

Zagloba: GurneyHalleck: Unions are important when they're not run by criminals.

When unions are outlawed, only outlaws will be running the unions.

I don't think any Federal or State employees should be allowed to unionize, and that includes police and fire-fighters.

Jakevol2: Treygreen13: A friend of mine used to work at TSA. From what he told me, most of the staff isn't intelligent enough to figure out what a strike is, and very few of them make enough money to go on strike for any considerable amount of time.

Keep in mind, these were the guys that would go through your luggage looking for dildos and such.

how the hell did such an intelligent well educated person such as you your friends end up working with a bunch of mouthbreaters at TSA?


/Sounds like you your friends slipped through some serious cracks. Must have been very Kafka-esque for you your friend.

I wish I had a setup like that. He told me that one day he didn't look in a single bag for several days in a row.

Ok, I don't wish I specifically had that job in place of the one I have now, but if I was going to be an unskilled worker making more than minimum wage, it would be the job I picked.