The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) a sector of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plays a very important part of the aviation industry. The TSA regulates air transportation and set compliance guidelines and enforce regulations to ensure the safety of the traveling public and products across the United States and its territories throughout the world. Therefore, the TSA is responsible for detecting and preventing weapons and hazard material from being carried on an aircraft by performing security procedures. The Transportation Security Administration was created after 9/11 one of the worst terror attack to occur within the United States. The attack created a sense of panic across the United States of America, and throughout …show more content…
1881 would make applicable the federal government’s rules pertaining to collective bargaining. Collective bargaining is a fundamental workplace right that applies to employees throughout the federal government, including in national security and homeland security professionals. This includes civilian employees at the Defense Department, DHS Customs and Border Protection Guards, Border Patrol Officers, and Bureau of Prisons Guards (Transportation Security Administration 2007). Since the formation of the Transportation Security Administration employee have always desired to make improvements in their working conditions and compensation for their workplace. Collective bargaining is the process in which working people, through their unions, negotiate contracts with their employers to determine their terms of employment, including pay, benefits, hours, leave, job health and safety policies, ways to balance work and family, and …show more content…
One of the main reasons is to decrease the risk level to the traveling public within the United States of America. It is a well-documented fact that when people enjoy their work environment they work and perform at a high level. Countless people believe allowing the Transportation Security Administration’s ability to collective bargaining is a bad idea and threaten national security, on November 10 2010 the federal labor relations authority agreed to allow the transportation security administration the right to vote for union representation. Barack Obama Administration was the major influences to initiate and start the process to bring collective bargaining option to the
Let’s look at what happen post 9/11. After it’s devastation, the Department of Homeland Security was created to assist in fighting the “war” against terrorism. The DHS implemented many “strategies” to help fight this war, including increasing airport security. American parents protested that TSA agents were groping their kids, and “(Janet) Napolitano (former DHS Secretary) defiantly retorted that if people did not want their children groped, they should yield and use the unpopular full-body machines – the machines being sold by her predecessor, (Michael) Chertoff” (Turley, 3).
In the ten years immediately following 9/11, the United States spent 635 billion dollars on homeland security. With this increase in spending American citizens would expect airport security to be greatly improved, but there have been many instances where the TSA failed to do its job. On a flight from Atlanta to Chicago, Blake Alford carried a fully loaded semi-automatic handgun with him all the way to his hotel in Chicago. Mr. Alford turned himself into the TSA after he realized his infraction, but this rare instance has people wondering how often the TSA makes mistakes. Alford went through security like any other traveler in the Atlanta airport, but even a full body scan did not detect his weapon.
It required that the Unions were to give notice before their strike, diminishing the effectiveness of union strikes, as now the employers can prepare for that circumstance. This resulted in the weakening of worker unions and employees, which gave much more power to employers instead of trying to keep the ideal of equality that the United States tried to uphold, demonstrating that in the United States policies are not only created to uphold morality. Additionally, in the Fair Labor
Transportation Security Administration was a an effect of 9-11. This advanced security when leaving the country. TSA made you have to be searched to go on plane. This was a great improvement because this policy made it a lot harder to pass through with anything dangerous. Before this policy, you didn 't have to show your ID to go somewhere on a plane.
So there is many ways the department of homeland security keeps us safe on a day to day basis. They also have a good business section that works with businesses to regulate certain policies and anti terrorism protection for businesses.they are very committed to enabling better utilization of departmental data to improve the quality of services to the American people, while developing products that promote innovation while maintaining
The events that occurred during 9/11 have shaped American society in monumental ways. When the planes crashed into the world trade center, the pentagon, and the remote field, it finally forced America to open their eyes. They were forced to realize the importance of the inhabitants and the Dharma (role) that we all play in this world. As said in an article, history is never concrete. From what we can tell, history always reflects the current events.
Chapter 11 Homeland Security Web Exercise 1. What are the primary missions of intelligence agencies? The primary mission of intelligence agencies is to collected information outside and inside the borders of the United States, by using people and technology. Intelligence is used to protect the community and the citizens from a horrific incident.
In the fear of another attack the U.S government made airplane checkpoints more secure and created laws that gave the government the right to profile anyone. Having the government implement laws makes everyone feel safer to a certain degree. This is because the harsher laws against the terrorist, the more your personal life is
The TSA suffers from the very same issues that have plagued the Veterans Administration for years, the problem is government employees. Once someone becomes a government employee and they have served beyond the probation period, trying to remove them it is like treating terminal cancer; you can try to treat it, but it will not go away. Replace senior federal leadership with professionals that have not been part of the problem from the start. “Employees know they work for “the government” and know their employment is guaranteed for life; with a few rare exceptions. They also know that the people who they provide services to are not who they work for” (Satterfield, 2015).
The Knight of Labor came into existence around the 1880s and consisted of numerous local assemblies. Membership was opened to any and everyone, including employers, African Americans and women. To achieve efficiency, its goal was to replace capitalism by offering the employees, also known as producers, the opportunity to control and own businesses. The system was known as producer cooperative. Producer cooperative incorporates capital and workers to work as one and cut down on conflict, which made for a harmonious environment.
They allow a power balance between employers and employees, while providing benefits and opportunities for a life time. The unity and stance as a majority will always have a power impact than a single stance alone. Being united with men and women who believe and want the same thing as their co-worker can be ultimately powerful and enriching. Unfortunately, within the past decade there has been a violet drop in the amount of unions in the United States by thirty percent, and decreasing. The people of the United States are losing their labor unions due to the lack of disagreement of political views as well as the loss of jobs that provide unions.
Cynthia Estlund (2015) in her article "Are Unions a Constitutional Anomaly?" presents information about labor unions. The article published in the Michigan Law Review journal in 2015. The author analyzes a case of Friedrichs versus the California Teachers Association and supports the point with additional case Harris versus Quinn. Cynthia Estlund brings the argument based on the evidence and argues about the necessity of these unions.
It allows workers to participate in strikes and labor unions. Businesses are required to use collective bargaining, using negotiations between employers and employees to come to compromises on worker rights. This act will allow for better management practices in companies. This act was made due to the influence of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire disaster. The owners of this factory, Blanck and Harris were tried for their involvement with the working conditions of their businesses.
It also brings significant productivity benefits for companies. 4.2 Ensure workplaces are safe Trade unions representatives help to lower accident tares atwork by ensuring safe working practices and reducing stress related ill health caused, for example, working long hours being bullied or working in poor quality environments. Unionized workplaces are safer work places which has the added benefits for employers of significantly reducing employers of significantly reducing the cost of ill health and accidents. 4.3.
Some of the main advantages of this act are: • Lower employee renewal rate: Every time an employee leaves an organization, that organization suffers major costs for the parting and replacement of the employee that has left. Trade Unions help reduce this employee turnover rate immensely because of better management skills, better communication between and laws that leave the organization as well as the employee covered and protected if the parting with the employee is done unlawfully. • Employee Productivity Employees that belong to Trade