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TSA Screeners Union Hopes Passengers Protest Petty Rule Change That Only Affects Screeners
The Trump administration has taken away TSA agents' chairs. Now the union wants the flying public to 'take a stand' for their return.
Christian Britschgi | 10.7.2026 2:00 PM
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The union representing Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners is trying to enlist passengers in its fight against petty rules that don't improve safety. It just so happens that none of those rules have any effect on the flying public.
Late last month, TSA's politically appointed leadership ordered that the chairs that TSA agents normally sit in while they give your driver's license the stink eye be removed.
Agents' standing posture "reinforces both our security posture and our commitment to hospitality," wrote Steve Lorincz, TSA's executive assistant administrator for security operations, in a September 25 memo, parts of which were shared by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the union that represents TSA screeners, in an email.
The union is not taking the loss of its members' chairs sitting........