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Rendering collective bargaining inapplicable to the vast majority of federal workers, combined with the administration’s other attacks on the civil service, would leave the federal workforce in its weakest position in a century.

Association of Flight Attendants President SaraNelson made her comments following the Dept. of Homeland Security announcement on Friday that it is stripping Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) workers of their collective bargaining rights.

In a Monday memo, the Office of Personnel Management said allowing government employees to telework is a “management right” that lays outside of the bargaining table.