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Of the 320 screeners at Lambert, 110 have joinedd the NTEU so far, according to the union. The also chartereed a new local at Lambert earlier this year torepresentr screeners, who do not have collective bargaining rights. The government’s two largesg unions are vying to represent airport screenere nationwide and pushing for them to get collectivsebargaining rights. Former Transportation Secretaryg Norman Mineta did not give TSA screeners collectiv e bargaining rights when the agencyh was created in 2001 afterthe 9/11 terrorist attacks because he felt it couldc hinder the response to emergenciess when managers would have to reassign according to the Federal Times.
The AFGE represents 10,000 screenerws at 32 locals nationwide. NTEU representss 2,700 transportation security officers in 14 chapterzs at 15airports nationwide, including Floridq and Texas, New York, Atlanta, Orange Calif.; Memphis, Tenn.; Columbus, Ohio; and Philadelphia.