Labor & Economic News Blog

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Airport workers face screenings

Airport workers face screenings
William Colbert Jr. found an unexpected welcoming committee as he left a secured employees' entrance at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Monday — a "roving team" of stern-faced Transportation Security Administration agents. A 23-year-old ground-service employee with Jet Stream, Colbert was on his way to work at the world's busiest airport when he became part of the latest effort to keep the nation's airways safe. His security badge was checked to make sure it was still valid and that he was indeed William Colbert Jr. of Atlanta. Then he was pulled aside and with his arms held out and his shoes removed, a uniformed TSA agent slowly passed an electronic wand over his body. "I don't mind," he said with a shrug. "Everybody needs to get screened for this to be a really secure place. We have a lot of access to airplanes on the ground."

 



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