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
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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.
AFGE NST J. David Cox & D-2 NVP Derrick Thomas award Local 2617's permanent charter
April 15, 2010: A.F.G.E. Local 2617 President AJ Castilla questions DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano on when she'll rescind her TSA sub-agency's ban vs collective bargaining for her 40,000 Transportation Security Officers working under her control.
January 8, 2010: NPMHU's Bob Losi; GBCLC's Rich Rogers; Rep. Michael E. Capuano, D-MA; L2617 President AJ Castilla;
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, D-MA; MA AFL-CIO's Bobby Haynes;
and NH AFL-CIO's Mark McKenzie
TSA's anti-union F.S.D. George Naccara is our number one union organizer. He makes ups his own rules, ignoring TSA HQs policies. Nearly 1,300 TSOs quit under his 8yr leadership. Talk about wasting everyone's tax dollars in a U.S. economy which really can't afford it.
