via US news | The Guardian — Union exploring options to oppose program that would put US airport screening into hands of private contractors The labor union representing workers at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is raising alarms over a new program that will expand privatizing security checkpoints at three airports. The agency informed the union last month of plans to enact the TSA Gold+ program, which would shift security and control of the screening technology into the hands of private contractors at air

TSA has been briefing airports on a plan involving "investable partnerships where leading industry operators manage both technology and screening workforce."