DHS Invalidates Union Contract Covering 47,000 TSA Officers, AFGE Vows to Challenge

A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer checks passengers into security at LaGuardia Airport in New York January 25, 2019. Mike Segar/Reuters

WASHINGTON, Dec 12—U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Friday terminated the collective bargaining agreement covering 47,000 Transportation Security Administration officers, the department said in a statement.

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents the airport screening officers, said it would file a lawsuit to challenge the decision.