‘They’re selling the safety of the traveling public’: TSA workers decry Trump privatization push
Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenAirport travelers queue in San Francisco. At the time, TSA agents were told their salary would remain the same – only for the contractor to cut pay a few weeks into employment.“For a private contract company, they’re not doing it out of duty for the traveling public or the constitution or anything. They’re doing it because it’s a business decision,” Finlay said.“As a business, their primary goal is to be profitable, and staffing is the most expensive part of that contract, so if they can reduce how much they have to pay staff, they’re going to.”He also noted concerns over security quality.
- ▪Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenAirport travelers queue in San Francisco.
- ▪At the time, TSA agents were told their salary would remain the same – only for the contractor to cut pay a few weeks into employment.“For a private contract company, they’re not doing it out of duty for the traveling public or the constitu
- ▪They’re doing it because it’s a business decision,” Finlay said.“As a business, their primary goal is to be profitable, and staffing is the most expensive part of that contract, so if they can reduce how much they have to pay staff, they’re
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Airport travelers queue in San Francisco. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenAirport travelers queue in San Francisco. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesTrump administration‘They’re selling the safety of the traveling public’: TSA workers decry Trump privatization pushUnion exploring options to oppose program that would put US airport screening into hands of private contractors Michael SainatoWed 5 Aug 2026 07.00 EDTLast modified on Wed 5 Aug 2026 07.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe labor union representing workers at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is raising alarms over a new program that will expand privatizing security checkpoints at three airports.The agency informed the union last month of plans to enact the TSA Gold+ program, which…
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