The policy change sets up a fight with the union representing government workers after a seven-year agreement was ratified in 2024.

Local union leaders are questioning the legality of the decision and say it's a blatant attack on organized labor.

"Attempting to negate [TSA workers'] legally binding collective bargaining agreement now makes zero sense – it will only reduce morale and hamper the workforce," said Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi and ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security, in a statement on Friday.

Nearly 2,000 TSA employees will be effected by the termination put in place by the Department of Homeland Security and Trump administration.

The Department of Homeland Security last week ended the collective bargaining agreement — signed last May —  with the Transportation Security Administration security officers.