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ARTICLE 2: RECOGNITION
A. PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT:
1. The Parties to this Agreement are the Transportation Security Administration (TSA or
Agency) and the American Federation of Government Employees AFL-CIO (AFGE or
Union).
2. The Parties understand that the term Agency when used in the context of this Agreement
will refer to the Transportation Security Administration.
3. The Parties understand that the term Union when used in the context of this Agreement
will refer to AFGE.
B. UNIT OF RECOGNITION AND COVERAGE:
1. The unit of recognition covered by this Agreement is the bargaining unit defined as the
full- and part-time non-supervisory personnel carrying out screening functions under 49
U.S.C § 44901, as that term is used in the Aviation and Transportation Security Act
(ATSA), Pub. L. 107-71, § 111(d), and as stated in the June 29, 2011 Federal Labor
Relations Authority Certification of Representative.
2. Where the term "employee" or "employees" is used, it is understood that it includes only
bargaining unit employees unless it is: (a) a term from an Agency policy where such term
is taken to mean “employees” (including but not limited to bargaining unit employees);
or (b) otherwise expressly stated.