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Airport security company is under NLRB jurisdiction
June 29, 2006 by Ross Runkel at LawMemo
A company that provides passenger and baggage screening services pursuant to a contract with the Transportation Security Administration is subject to the National Labor Relations Board's jurisdiction.
Firstline Transportation Security, Inc (347 NLRB No. 40 - 06/28/2006).
The Board split 4-1. Details: NLRB Law Memo 06/29/2006.
Rejecting national security concerns, the Board said:
"The Board has been confronted with issues concerning national security and national defense since its early days. Our examination of the relevant precedent reveals that for over 60 years, in times of both war and peace, the Board has asserted jurisdiction over employers and employees that have been involved in national security and defense. We can find no case in which our protection of employees' Section 7 rights had an adverse impact on national security or defense."
Seems right to me.
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