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White House Nominates Retired General as TSA Chief
NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley called the nomination of retired Maj. Gen. Robert Harding to be the next TSA administrator a key step in stabilizing the agency and providing its dedicated employees with permanent, needed leadership.
 "For far too long, TSA has been without the permanent leadership needed to address the serious issues impacting TSA employees, and through them, the traveling public," she said.
Once a permanent leader is in place, TSA can start addressing its severe morale and workplace issues.
President Kelley said she anticipates prompt, responsible action by the U.S. Senate to review, and act upon, Harding's nomination. Kelley reiterated the union's strong position in favor of full collective bargaining rights for TSA employees. Hundreds of NTEU members will be in Washington, D.C., this week lobbying for these rights.
NTEU has repeatedly urged the Obama administration to grant TSA employees collective bargaining rights through a directive and continues to press lawmakers in Congress to address the issue through permanent legislation.
President Kelley Details TSA Workforce
Issues in Congressional Testimony
The most pressing need facing TSA is the inadequate pay received by the frontline employees charged with our nation’s aviation security, NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley told a House subcommittee.
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The Congressional Budget Office estimates that Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) are paid some $1,700 per year less than their counterparts covered by the General Schedule pay system, NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley told the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee in submitted testimony. When TSA was established in late 2001, it was given wide-ranging personnel latitude, including the right to establish its own pay system.
“We believe that upgrading TSO pay to reflect their mission-critical duties would lead to a distinct improvement in the agency’s ability to recruit and retain a highly-skilled and professional workforce,” Kelley said.
The NTEU leader called the agency’s Performance Accountability and Standards System (PASS) deeply flawed, and said it does not function as a performance-based system should—namely, by setting objective, measureable performance standards and specific incentives to be earned by meeting those standards at the outset of an appraisal period. More
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