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Coalition for Luggage Security Offers to Eliminate Airport Screeners as Most Dangerous Domestic Governmental Job.


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 -- The Coalition for Luggage Security, today announced that according to according to
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 the Labor Department The Department of Labor (DOL) administers federal labor laws for the Executive Branch of the federal government. Its mission is "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working  and USA Today in an article entitled, "Airport screeners' strains, sprains highest," over 250,000 salaried days were lost due to injuries incurred from picking-up and moving luggage in our nation's airports by airport screeners. reference article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-10-TSA-injuries_x.htm

"In 2005 alone, the American taxpayer spent $52,000,000 to simply cover wages and medical payments for injured screeners," said Harvey Abelson, Coalition Director.

"It is a physically demanding job. What happens when this newly appointed staff ages? It could be a Saturday Night Live This article is about the American television series. For the show related to Big Brother (UK), see Saturday Night Live (UK).

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"Before more unnecessary monies are now spent to build more physical infrastructures to move suitcases within the airport's existing infrastructure - let us remove them all from our airports by traveling without luggage on commercial aircraft," continued Mr. Altomare.

"Despite the fact that baggage screeners have moved into first place as the most dangerous domestic job amongst 600 governmental job descriptions, how many traveling Americans have been injured and how many airlines have been financially injured by not entertaining our proposal (http://www.usxp.com/securitywp.pdf) to simplify the way Americans travel and now sadly keeping injured baggage screeners healthier?" concluded Mr. Altomare.

About The Coalition for Luggage Security

The Coalition for Luggage Security was established to ensure the safety of travelers through alternate means of luggage transportation. The Coalition consists of prominent businesspersons and companies that educate the public, Congress and the Administration on the importance of solving the luggage and cargo safety issues that exist in airlines and airports.

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