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The TSA Port Columbus Chapter 319 has 110 of Port 240 transportation security officerssigneds on, said Dina Long, a spokeswomam for the Washington, D.C.-based organization. The unioh said it is actively organizin g at other major airportsw in Ohio and arounethe country. The Columbus union becomese part of a network of chapter sin Florida, Texas, New York, California and Pennsylvania, the organizatiob said. President Colleen Kelley said in a release that priorit y issues for the uniojn include problemswith pay, shift scheduling and othefr civil service issues.
Those she said, are part of a largedr plan for the TSA work force that includez a call for full whistleblowed protections and revisions tothe administration’d training and certification system. The union calls itselfd the largest independentfederalk union, representing employees in 31 agenciess and departments nationwide.