Airports Are Opting for Private Security Over the TSA. The Union Says That's a Public Safety Threat.
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Airport security screeners at the 20 private-contract airports get paid during a government shutdown. A public sector union wants to make sure that doesn’t happen.
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Trump failed to get Congress to do his election rigging, so now he's trying to withhold public safety funding to instead force states to do it for him.
— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) July 23, 2026
California will not allow this to happen.
We're leading a multistate lawsuit to stop this illegal behavior.