TSA not allowed to sit down while checking boarding passes and IDs, union says

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How it spread - 3 original reports

1. Tue, 29 September 2026

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   • koaa.com21:56first to report
     TSA not allowed to sit down while checking boarding passes and IDs, union says

     Airport security employees checking boarding passes and IDs at airports will no longer be allowed to sit down while working, according to the union representing them.

2. Sat, 3 October 2026

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   • The Guardian World15:36
     TSA to prohibit airport security officers from sitting down while checking travelers’ IDs

     TSA says rule change is meant to keep officers ‘alert’, but union says it ignores safety and ‘common decency’ US airport security officers who verify boarding passes and IDs ahead of security checkpoints will no longer be allowed to sit down while working. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was moving forward with this change in policy to keep officers “alert”, the agency confirmed recently. Continue reading...

3. Sat, 10 October 2026

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   • The Guardian World11:00
     ‘People are pissed’: union decries TSA’s removal of chairs for checkpoint staff

     Order for workers to remain standing to ‘reinforce professionalism’ draws rebuke amid plunging morale Union officials have launched a campaign to allow airport security staff to sit once more after the Trump administration unilaterally removed all the chairs for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) staff at checkpoints. “People are pissed,” said Johnny Jones, secretary-treasurer of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) TSA council 100 and president of AFGE local 1040, which...