Biden Administration to Boost TSA Workers’ Pay, Union Rights

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued an order Thursday expanding the bargaining rights of Transportation Security Administration employees and directing the agency to create a plan for better pay.

The directive complies with an April executive order from President Joe Biden and fits into a broader agenda to boost the rights of employees in the workplace. Biden has also ordered a $15 minimum wage for federal contractors and called on Congress to pass legislation (H.R. 842) that would expand workers’ rights to form unions and win contracts.

The union representing federal government workers has long argued that TSA ...