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2024 AFGE TSA Council 100 and TSA Collective Bargaining Agreement

Effective Date: May 24, 2024

Note: The contract language below is displayed from the official CBA text. It is not summarized or rewritten.

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ARTICLE 19: SHIFT BID PROCESS

Official CBA pages 80-84

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ARTICLE 19: SHIFT BID PROCESS

A. PURPOSE: In the interest of providing opportunities for bargaining unit employees to bid

shifts to ensure efficient operational coverage to meet mission requirements, this Article

contains the provisions of the shift bid process.

B. DEFINITIONS:

1. Service Computation Date (SCD): The date, either actual or constructed by crediting

service, used to determine annual leave, that is based on how long the bargaining unit

employee has been in the Federal service. For a bargaining unit employee with no prior

creditable civilian or military service, the SCD is the effective date of the bargaining unit

employee’s first Federal civilian appointment.

2. Shift Bid Line: Designation of the shift, as determined solely by management, which may

include certification requirements, type of bargaining unit employee (full-time/part-time),

location, start time, end time, regular days off (RDOs), and gender.

3. Entry on Duty Date (EOD): For the purposes of this Article, the date a bargaining unit

employee began employment with TSA (in a position within the bargaining unit) as

reflected by the effective date on the bargaining unit employee’s Notification of Personnel

Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50).

C. RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Management is responsible for providing bargaining unit employees with information

about the shift bid process at their respective airports or TSA facilities. Management will

provide information about the shift bid process to bargaining unit employees during the

new hire orientation and when transferring into their airports.

2. Management is responsible for developing, maintaining, and monitoring the shift bid

process.

a. At CAT X, CAT I, CAT II (Hub) and CAT III (Hub) airports, management will

organize a scheduling committee made up of management representatives and

bargaining unit employees jointly selected by the AFGE local president or designee

and TSA management to review bid proposals in advance of posting the final version

of the shift bid. This will be the same scheduling committee that is referenced in Article

20: Annual Leave Bid Process. Management will consider the committee’s

recommendations.

b. At CAT II (non-hub), CAT III (non-hub) and CAT IV airports, management may

organize a scheduling committee made up of management representatives and

bargaining unit employees jointly selected by the AFGE local president or designee

and TSA management to review bid proposals in advance of posting the final version

of the shift bid. If a scheduling committee is organized under this section, it will be the

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same scheduling committee referenced in Article 20: Annual Leave Bid Process.

Management will consider the committee’s recommendations.

c. At CAT X, CAT I, CAT II (Hub) and CAT III (Hub) airports, one (1) local AFGE

representative at a time as designated by the AFGE local president or designee will be

present and assist with the shift bid.

3. Bargaining unit employees are responsible for knowing and adhering to the shift bid

process in place at their respective airports or TSA facilities. If a bargaining unit employee

transfers to another airport or TSA facility, it is the bargaining unit employee’s

responsibility to become familiar with and adhere to the shift bid process in place at the

new airport or TSA facility.

D. SHIFT BID PROCESS:

1. At a minimum, management will conduct one (1) airport-wide shift bid for all bargaining

unit employees on an annual basis.

2. At airports where management conducts only one (1) airport-wide shift bid in a year,

management must follow the process in Section D.4 when filling vacant shift bid lines.

3. At airports where management conducts more than one (1) airport-wide shift bid in a year,

management is not required to follow the process in Section D.4 when filling vacant shift

bid lines.

4. When filling a vacant shift bid line outside of the airport-wide shift bid process,

management will post that vacant shift bid line within fourteen (14) calendar days after

determining to fill the vacant shift bid line. All bargaining unit employees will be given the

opportunity to bid on that shift bid line. Selection of eligible bargaining unit employees

will be made in accordance with Section D.15.g. The shift bid line vacated by the selected

bargaining unit employee may also be filled in this manner. Any subsequent vacated shift

bid lines will be filled at the discretion of management.

5. Management retains the discretion to conduct shift bids more frequently based on

operational needs. When management determines that operational needs require an

additional bid (e.g., due to a change in airline schedule), the additional bids may be

restricted to specific work location(s) (e.g., checkpoint, specific baggage screening area).

a. At Category X and I airports, management will conduct an additional bid when there

is an operational need to adjust the start and end times of awarded shift bid hours by

more than sixty (60) minutes (e.g., a 1400 to 2230 shift is adjusted to 1230 to 2100).

For shift adjustments between thirty (30) minutes and sixty (60) minutes, bargaining

unit employees will receive notice one (1) pay period in advance.

b. At Category II, III, and IV airports, management will conduct an additional bid when

there is an operational need to adjust the start and end times of the awarded shift bid

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hours by more than 120 minutes (e.g., a 1400 to 2230 shift is adjusted to 1100 to 1930).

For shift adjustments between thirty (30) and 120 minutes, bargaining unit employees

will receive notice one (1) pay period in advance.

c. At all airports, prior to the effective date of an additional bid required under this

section, management may seek volunteers for shift adjustments in seniority order

and, if there are not enough volunteers, temporarily adjust shifts of bargaining unit

employees using inverse seniority order.

6. Management at each airport will conduct a separate shift bid for each workgroup, (e.g.,

Transportation Security Officers (TSOs), Lead Transportation Security Officers (LTSOs),

Equipment Maintenance Technicians (EMTs), Expert Transportation Security Officers

(ETSOs) and Security Training Instructors (STIs)).

7. Trial period bargaining unit employees may be restricted from choosing a shift for one

hundred eighty (180) days from their date of hire. Exceptions to this one hundred eighty

(180) day restriction will be approved locally by the Federal Security Director (FSD) or

designee. When management establishes new bid lines for new, fully certified officers, the

lines will be offered airport-wide consistent with Section D.4 of this Article. Vacant lines

remaining will then be made available to the new officers.

8. Assignment to an Advanced Threat Local Allocation Strategy (ATLAS) team, or any

functionally similar team under a different name, may be accomplished through the shift

bid process.

9. [Blank] The Parties did not reach agreement on this provision.

10. The Parties understand that assignment to a particular location does not restrict

management from moving a bargaining unit employee to another location based on

operational needs. Bargaining unit employees may be moved to different terminals,

checkpoints, baggage locations, or other work areas based on daily operational needs.

11. An airport-wide shift bid will be applied to all work locations at an airport.

12. A shift bid notification for an airport-wide shift bid will be posted electronically and on

official bulletin boards for a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days in advance of an

airport-wide shift bid. This notification will include the dates when an airport-wide shift

bid will be conducted and the date of implementation.

13. Management will post airport-wide shift bid lines and the seniority list a minimum of

fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the first day of an airport-wide shift bid. If management

makes any changes to the airport-wide shift bid lines, the airport-wide shift bid lines will

be re-posted for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days. Management at each airport will

designate a location for posting and will make reasonable efforts to distribute the document

electronically. Complete listings of bargaining unit employees and shift bids are Sensitive

Security Information (SSI) and will be restricted appropriately.

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14. During a shift bid, management will update and post all awarded and open bid lines on a

daily basis, at the close of the bidding day, in a way that will be accessible to all bargaining

unit employees (including those on leave or otherwise away from the airport), absent

extenuating circumstances, and post the bid results at the end of the completed shift bid.

Complete listings of bargaining unit employees and shift bids are SSI and will be restricted

appropriately.

15. Bidding and Awarding Bids:

a. Management will develop options for conducting an airport-wide shift bid such as

walk-up appointments, electronic bids, phone in bids, electronic bid submissions, and

proxy bidding. Management will notify and consult upon request with the designated

union representative for their airport on the method(s) being used to conduct the bid

prior to posting an airport-wide shift bid notification described in Section D.12.

b. Where an airport does not provide an alternative to in-person bidding (e.g. an electronic

process, telephonic selection, or proxy) and the bargaining unit employee’s only option

is to bid in person at a time outside their duty hours, the Parties understand the

bargaining unit employee will receive compensation for call back work for returning

to bid in person.

c. Bargaining unit employees will use the AFGE and TSA established national protocol

for conducting a shift bid by proxy by using TSA Form 1167, Shift Bid Proxy or

electronic version.

d. Bargaining unit employees who fail to bid will have their seniority protected by being

assigned an available shift closest to the shift he/she held in the prior bid. In such cases,

shifts will be assigned in the following order of priority: (1) AM or PM shift; (2) RDOs;

(3) Screening Location; (4) Start time.

e. [Blank] The Parties did not reach agreement on this provision.

i. [Blank] The Parties did not reach agreement on this provision.

ii. [Blank] The Parties did not reach agreement on this provision.

iii. [Blank] The Parties did not reach agreement on this provision.

f. [Blank] The Parties did not reach agreement on this provision.

g. Shift preferences will be awarded by EOD. If bargaining unit employees have identical

EODs, the following tiebreakers will be used:

i. The bargaining unit employee’s SCD as reflected on their SF-50 will be used as the

first tiebreaker.

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ii. Any ties remaining after the application of the above process will be resolved by a

randomizer, such as www.random.org.

16. Personal Needs Requests: FSDs or their designee have the discretion to allow bargaining

unit employees to work specific shifts based on documented personal needs. Regardless

of the nature of the personal need, there is no entitlement to a specific shift. Management

will notify the designated AFGE local President or designee when such exceptions are

made, while protecting the bargaining unit employees’ personal information. Personal

needs request approvals are generally intended to be temporary in nature.

17. Effective Date of Bid:

a. For Category X and I airports, the effective date of an airport-wide shift bid

implementation will be no less than twenty-eight (28) calendar days from the date that

the final shift bid results are posted.

For Category II, III and IV airports, the effective date of an airport-wide shift bid

implementation will be no less than twenty-one (21) calendar days from the date that

the final shift bid results are posted.

b. Upon request of the Union, the AFGE local president or designee and management’s

representative(s) will consult at the local level on the implementation date and holding

additional airport-wide shift bids.

c. Bargaining Unit Data: Upon completion of an airport-wide shift bid, management will

provide to the AFGE Local Union President or designee a copy of the airport-wide shift

bid results and the corresponding seniority list.

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