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Hundreds of TSA Screeners, Working Without Pay, Calling Out Sick at Airports

posted by takyon on Monday January 07 2019, @09:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the groped-into-it dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration officers, who are required to work without paychecks through the partial government shutdown, have called out from work this week from at least four major airports, according to two senior agency officials and three TSA employee union officials.

The mass call outs could inevitably mean air travel is less secure, especially as the shutdown enters its second week with no clear end to the political stalemate in sight. "This will definitely affect the flying public who we (are) sworn to protect," Hydrick Thomas, president of the national TSA employee union, told CNN.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @05:40PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @05:40PM (#783259)

    I'll refer you to US const art II sect 1 for proof.

    You swore to uphold the constitution, did you? Well, if the president has no more need for your, I'm sure indispensable, services, you can continue to uphold it in your mom's basement.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @05:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @05:59PM (#783270)

    We also swore to defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @07:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @07:49PM (#783326)

    I'll refer you to US const art II sect 1 for proof.

    I just looked. Nowhere in Article II, Section 1 does it mention hiring and firing of civil servants. I didn't find anything in Section 2 through 4 either. Perhaps I am a bit thick. Could you please show me where in the Constitution you think the President has been given authority to hire/fire civil servants, outwith Congressional approval? Please be specific. You do realize that the President can't do anything regarding funding of the government without Congressional approval, right? I eagerly await your response.