Judge pauses move to end TSA union contracts
(CNN, KYMA/KECY) - A federal judge has paused the Homeland Security Department's effort to end tens of thousands of TSA union contracts.
A U.S. district judge in Seattle, Washington issued a preliminary injunction. The ruling comes after Homeland Security terminated the union contracts with the American Federation of Government Employees back in March.
The judge said that the justification DHS offered for any of the contracts was "threadbare" and exposed a retaliatory decision in nature.
The judge also ordered DHS to notify officers in the union that the contract rights were in effect, including the right to have their union dues deducted from their pay.
