Call To Expand Union Rights Could Derail Antiterror Bill

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/28/washington/28union.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


Call to Expand Union Rights Could Derail Antiterror Bill
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By ERIC LIPTON
Published: February 28, 2007
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 — Democrats in Congress are pushing to extend union protection to 43,000 federal airport security workers, reviving a debate that stalled the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and could now derail broad antiterrorism legislation.

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Go to Complete Coverage » The proposal has provoked opposition from Senate Republicans and the Bush administration. It is the latest in a series of labor-related fights in Washington as Democrats try to use their new majority to push long-delayed proposals that benefit rank-and-file workers, like increasing the minimum wage.

White House officials made clear on Tuesday that President Bush was prepared to veto a bill that enacted recommendations of the Sept. 11 Commission if the provision granting Transportation Security Administration workers collective bargaining rights was not removed.

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1. it does not expand union rights as they are NOT unionized at this time.