By Ted Hesson
By Ted Hesson
WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) – A union representing U.S. airport safety screeners is urging the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) to provide more practical masks to guard in opposition to the unfold of the brand new coronavirus, union management informed Reuters on Tuesday.
The union, the AFGE TSA Council 100, which represents about 45,000 transportation safety officers at airports throughout america, despatched an electronic mail on Tuesday morning to TSA Administrator David Pekoske calling on the company to supply the masks to staff. The e-mail has not been beforehand reported.
“All the pieces we do is for the protection of the passengers, however on the similar time it’s important to safeguard your self,” mentioned union president Hydrick Thomas.
Pekoske rejected the request in an emailed reply in a while Tuesday, in accordance with union officers, saying the company would proceed to observe steerage issued by the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Security and Well being Administration (OSHA) relating to workforce safety.
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