January 10, 2007: Local 2617 President AJ Castilla explains the importance of restored employee civil rights, protections, and, a collective bargaining right for all U.S. federal TSA Officers nation-wide. Listening are: U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-MS; AFGE National President John Gage; and; Rep. Nita Lowey, D-NY 
Local 2617 Executive Vice President Marie LeClair; President AJ Castilla; and; Vice President for New Hampshire George Bedard, enjoying A.F.G.E. provided Leadership and TSO Local Union Representation Training conducted in Chicago, Illinois

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July 23, 2009: Local 2617 President AJ Castilla with acting TSA Administrator Gale Rossides at AFGE's TSO union and the TSA's first ever historic "Labor-Management" meeting.
March 2, 2010: The Federal Labor Relations Authority [FLRA] wrote TSA HQs advising them that they received A.F.G.E's 2/22/10 filed petition to represent TSO, LTSO, D, E, F and G band employees of the TSA. They ordered TSA to notify all employees via posting a notice for (10) days where all TSOs can read it and to furnish list of employees by March 12th. Click to read...
August 25, 2009: AFL-CIO
National Secretary Treasurer
Richard Louis Trumka and
Local 2617 President AJ Castilla
at the AFGE National Convention. 
Trumka is now President of the
AFL-CIO that represents
11 million union members
August 25, 2009: Former AFGE
National President  Bobby Harnage
with Local 2617 President AJ Castilla
at the 2009 AFGE National Convention.
Harnage is the AFGE President
whom first fought to federalize airport
screening positions in 2001
A.F.G.E. has been there since the beginning for the TSA's 40,000 federal Transportation Security Officers nation-wide.This tesimonial video aired at the 2009 A.F.G.E. National Convention. It features TSO Local union leaders: Don Thomas, Bob Marchetta, Kimberly Kraynak, AJ Castilla, Ana Aulet, and, Al Jackimowicz
Click to hear
President AJ Castilla
01/07/10 radio interview
Right now eleven million
and a half of the AFL-CIO's
members are supporting
that AFGE be the union
to represent TSA's TSOs!!!