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Almost everything published about TSA employee rights is written for the bargaining unit. We will help to change that.
TSA's own policy says it plainly. Security Support Assistants, Coordination Center Officers, Transportation Security Inspectors, and Supervisory Transportation Security Officers are not bargaining unit employees.
So the grievance steps, the representation rights, and the disciplinary procedures most guidance describes do not apply to you. Reading advice meant for the bargaining unit and assuming it covers your situation is the most common and most costly mistake we see.
Under TSA policy, you may designate a Personal Representative for a proposed adverse action, an EEO matter, an appeal, or a whistleblower complaint. The restriction to a designated labor organization's representatives applies only to bargaining unit employees. It does not apply to you.
Management can disallow your choice only for operational needs or a listed conflict of interest. An advocate from outside TSA is neither.
Proposed removals, suspensions, and reprimands. Annual Medical Certification. Fitness for duty referrals. Workers compensation. EEO complaints. Adverse action appeals. What a Gold+ or SPP conversion does to your position, your grade, and your federal benefits.
None of that rests on an agreement you are not party to.
Knowing where your situation differs from an officer's is most of the work. That conversation costs you nothing.
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