Midwest TSA agents left with questions amid contract cancellation
The federal government has canceled a seven-year contract with the union representing about 47,000 TSA agents. Local units ...
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Real ID ‘Supercenter’ Opens in Downtown Chicago Ahead of May 7 Federal Enforcement Date
The downtown facility aims to meet the “unprecedented demand” for Real IDs while easing strain on DMV operations, according ...
Homeland Security cancels TSA collective bargaining agreement, dismantling union protections
The union said the department and the Trump administration were violating the right of staffers to join a union. It also said ...
Real ID ‘supercenter’ opens in Loop this week to handle rush ahead of May 7 deadline
The Illinois Secretary of State’s office is opening a downtown ‘supercenter’ to handle Real ID applications ahead of a May 7 ...
DHS ends collective bargaining for TSA’s Transportation Security Officers
The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday it is ending collective bargaining for Transportation Security ...
TSA proposes new rule that could change how REAL ID deadline is enforced next year
“TSA is engaging with the public ... In a wide-ranging interview with NBC Chicago’s Kye Martin in May, Giannoulias said his ...
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TSA workers in Illinois and elsewhere lose union
You see Transportation Security Agency checkpoints at airports all around Illinois, from Chicago to the Quad Cities to the ...
Man caught trying to smuggle living turtle down his pants through airport security at Newark
A man attempting to go through airport security was discovered to have been hiding a living turtle in his pants as he tried ...
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Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers
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