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Hekate

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16. When TSA was first set up I predicted a bad outcome for both public and workers...
Sat Jan 18, 2020, 11:07 PM
Jan 2020

Perhaps someone has much more up-to-date info, but back at the beginning several things were seared into my consciousness: the system was farmed out to private firms, workers were excluded from government civil service classifications, and workers were forbidden to form unions. Oh, and salaries were low and training was minimal.

That told me that from the very beginning workers were going to be treated as disposable units with a badge and a uniform, NOT as individuals with important and respected functions requiring training and deserving worker protections.

The most obvious example is the X-ray machines. Those are our fellow Americans standing all day next to that equipment. If I as a passenger object not just to the intrusion but to the exposure, what about them? Safe, the government and their employers say? Sez who? Who checks? The union they are forbidden to form? The Civil Service they are not a part of?

Shoddy beginning -- shoddy results.

WOW - that is sooo many flavors of F'ed up. alittlelark Jan 2020 #1
I don't think a lawsuit would teach ... Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2020 #3
Asking Native people to justify their humanity to her would be cruel. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #9
I was thinking that forcing her to look beyond her nose would be good. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2020 #10
That might best be accomplished by forcing her to take and pass an NA studies class Maru Kitteh Jan 2020 #19
makes sense Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2020 #20
They shouldn't be doing that to anybody. Completely unprofessional. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #2
What the HELL is the matter with people? 3catwoman3 Jan 2020 #4
They know better than to say "giddayup", it's not how they are trained... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #5
stop that right now cyclonefence Jan 2020 #7
You could make your point without actually using a serious slur. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #8
apologies there.. it was just what they think..... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #11
Thanks for reconsidering. I really appreciate it. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #12
Where does TSA find these people?! Hekate Jan 2020 #6
Minimum wage and poorly trained. ManiacJoe Jan 2020 #14
When TSA was first set up I predicted a bad outcome for both public and workers... Hekate Jan 2020 #16
Unfortunately, nothing of substance has changed. ManiacJoe Jan 2020 #21
With the Trump administration in charge, these assholes are a dime a dozen these days. Initech Jan 2020 #17
They find them right here: DFW Jan 2020 #24
These assholes need to decompress every now and then. lpbk2713 Jan 2020 #13
Sadly, it seems the TSA actively recruits these types of mycetozoa. BuffaloJackalope Jan 2020 #15
TSA needs to hire smarter agents dustyscamp Jan 2020 #18
So the agent is an idiot, that doesn't mean race is a factor. Flaleftist Jan 2020 #22
Trump voter. n/t NCLefty Jan 2020 #23
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