Monday, March 5, 2012

Suit tells of trouble in airport security; Fired TSA worker claims harassment, retaliation in Colonie.(Main)(Correction notice)

Byline: MICHELE MORGAN BOLTON - Staff Writer

ALBANY - David Erickson earned two Bronze Stars for heroism in the first Gulf War, leading a tank brigade of 300 soldiers and 150 vehicles into battle. Back on American soil, though, in 2003, the 47-year-old retired major found himself waging a very different war, this one, allegedly, against three supervisors intent on harassing employees at Albany International Airport.

Erickson, of Altamont, is suing U.S. Department of Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff, claiming he was fired from a job as a Transportation Security Administration screener manager at the Colonie facility because he wouldn't go along with the harassment.

Subsequently, Erickson himself was targeted and fired, because he objected to, and reported, the hostile work environment, according to court …

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