Panel backs union rights for screeners
From Times Wire Reports
A Senate committee voted to give airport screeners the collective-bargaining and whistle-blower rights that many other federal employees have.
On a 9-8 party-line vote, Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee supported giving the screeners the right to join a union and to be protected from retaliation if they report wrongdoing.
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