Against Giants Labor Advocates

Against Giants Labor Advocates Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from Against Giants Labor Advocates, Suffolk, VA.

Against Giants Labor Advocates is a nonpartisan advocacy organization serving the DHS workforce through independent policy analysis, legislative engagement, and public awareness grounded in primary sources and decades of frontline experience.

06/08/2026

The lawsuit protecting TSA officers’ union contract just got a new court timeline. A lot of people are going to say that means officers are protected.

Here is the part that is worth understanding: the lawsuit and the Gold+ privatization program run under completely different laws. One protects your contract. The other determines whether your airport converts to a private company.

Did you know those were two separate things?

Analysis in comments.

Every time you swipe in at the start of your shift you are making a daily certification under TSA policy that you are fi...
06/08/2026

Every time you swipe in at the start of your shift you are making a daily certification under TSA policy that you are fit for duty, ready and able to meet your work obligations. That has always been true under federal law. What changed on May 4 is that the swipe-in is now the explicit operational mechanism of that certification.

That change matters more now because of what else took effect on May 4. The Annual Medical Certification program and the daily fitness for duty certification operate under the same statutory authority and address many of the same conditions. Officers making disclosures on the AMC questionnaire are also certifying fitness every shift.

Against Giants has published a full primary source breakdown of how these two programs intersect and what the escalation pathway looks like when a daily concern becomes a formal fitness for duty evaluation. Link in the comments. Free initial consultation available for officers with specific concerns. Info in bio.

The Secretary of Homeland Security described the future of your checkpoint this week before Congress. He did not call it...
06/04/2026

The Secretary of Homeland Security described the future of your checkpoint this week before Congress. He did not call it Gold+. He did not have to.

Asked about TSA modernization, Secretary Mullin told the House Committee on Homeland Security: “The top 10 of the top 20 airports that operate within the United States is actually privately ran TSA agents where we reimburse ‘em for, but we only reimburse ‘em for personnel. What we’re doing now is we’re going to roll that out even further and partner with public companies, private companies to be able to bring in technology and have it run smoothly.”

The current SPP airport list does not match that description. TSA’s private screening program today operates primarily at smaller regional airports, not the nation’s busiest hubs. Either the Secretary misspoke or he was describing something broader than the existing program.

Deputy Secretary Edgar added that the passenger security fee redirection would fund technology to help screen for FIFA and beyond.

Private companies. Technology. Rolling it out further. Full analysis in the comments.

The government is giving away 104 terabytes of federal security data to private tech companies and letting them keep 100...
06/04/2026

The government is giving away 104 terabytes of federal security data to private tech companies and letting them keep 100 percent of the profits.

We went inside the draft DHS data agreement closing for public comment June 17. The fine print reveals that private vendors get free access to millions of federal bag and body scans to train commercial AI, but the government retains zero ownership of the resulting technology. Furthermore, if these algorithms fail or glitch at a live checkpoint, the agreement explicitly disclaims federal responsibility, leaving a massive legal black hole.

The comment window closes June 17. Your workplace is being handed over to private contractors, and it is time to speak up.

The government is giving private companies access to federal airport screening data.Under a new agreement open for publi...
05/29/2026

The government is giving private companies access to federal airport screening data.

Under a new agreement open for public comment until June 17, the companies keep the algorithms they build with it. The government gets nothing.

This is the final piece of an architecture that has been assembled quietly over the past year. Private money is funding the equipment. Private companies are building the network. Private contractors will run the checkpoints.

TSA officers worked 119 days without pay while this was being put together.

Against Giants was in the room at TSA’s Industry Day last week. We documented this program nine months before TSA told its own workforce it existed. And we are the only organization that has connected all of it in one place.

You have until June 17 to comment on the data agreement. Full analysis in the comments.

What do you think should happen to federal checkpoint data when a private company uses it to build a product they own?

Did you know that this week, TSA Gold+ made headlines in Time, NPR, Kiplinger, and outlets across the country? Most of t...
05/27/2026

Did you know that this week, TSA Gold+ made headlines in Time, NPR, Kiplinger, and outlets across the country? Most of them are just now explaining what the program is.

Against Giants documented Gold+ in August 2025. We placed the first national story with Federal News Network in April. We attended TSA’s Industry Day this week as a registered participant and published a full briefing for the officers we serve the same day.

We were in the room when TSA answered questions about your job, your pay, and your benefits on the record. Following this week’s congressional hearing, senior industry representatives approached Against Giants to discuss the future of the workforce under Gold+.

What do you want to know that the mainstream coverage is not telling you?

Most TSA officers have never heard of the job search requirement that follows a Not Medically Qualified determination. M...
05/26/2026

Most TSA officers have never heard of the job search requirement that follows a Not Medically Qualified determination. Most don’t know the disability retirement option exists. Most don’t know how OWCP intersects with what comes next.

Here is what the primary source documents establish. Upon a Not Medically Qualified determination, TSA issues a Job Search Options Letter to the officer. Whether reassignment can actually result from that search depends on a disability determination under HCM Policy 339-2 and the ADA framework. If a job offer is made, the officer has seven calendar days to respond in writing. Silence is treated as a declination.

The process does not pause for officers who are unprepared for it. Against Giants has published a full breakdown. Link in the comments. Reach out if you want to discuss your situation directly.

Today we pause.Memorial Day is a day set apart to honor the men and women who gave their lives in service to this countr...
05/25/2026

Today we pause.

Memorial Day is a day set apart to honor the men and women who gave their lives in service to this country. Not their labor, not their politics, not their sacrifice measured against anything else. Their one and only lives, freely given.

Against Giants Labor Advocates extends its deepest respect to Gold Star families, to veterans, and to all who carry the weight of that loss. We are grateful.

We will return to the work tomorrow. Today belongs to them.

Today, Against Giants Labor Advocates attended TSA’s Gold+ Industry Day as a registered participant. TSA leadership brie...
05/22/2026

Today, Against Giants Labor Advocates attended TSA’s Gold+ Industry Day as a registered participant. TSA leadership briefed vendors and airport executives on timelines, contracts, workforce transitions, and the innovations they are hoping to see at America’s airports.

What was said in that room matters for every TSA officer in the country.

Against Giants will publish a comprehensive analysis for clients shortly. If you are not yet a client, now is the time.

Address

Suffolk, VA

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Against Giants Labor Advocates posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share