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Judge Halts Trump Administration’s Effort to End TSA Officers’ Collective Bargaining Rights

Judge Marsha Pechman said the administration’s move punishes TSA unions without due process.

A sign directs travelers to a security checkpoint staffed by Transportation Security Administration workers at O'Hare Airport on June 2, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois.
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, as he departs for Pennsylvania, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
FILE - Transportation Security Administration workers screen airline passengers at Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta,File)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle issued a preliminary injunction on June 2 blocking the Department of Homeland Security from canceling collective bargaining for about 50,000 TSA officers.
  • Pechman found that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s February directive likely constituted impermissible retaliation against unions and infringed officers’ due process and First Amendment protections.
  • Noem rescinded a seven-year union contract on February 27, arguing that its benefits were abused by a small number of officers and hampered agency efficiency.
  • The 2024 agreement grants TSA officers enhanced shift-trade options, uniform allowances, additional paid leave and automatic deduction of union dues.
  • The ruling underscores judicial resistance to the administration’s wider campaign to curb collective bargaining rights across the federal workforce.