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

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, @07:31PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @07:31PM (#783316)

    What I'm having trouble with is an employer expecting staff to work for free, and then compounding that by the staff thinking that they need to squander sick days to refuse to work without pay. Fark that noise. If the employer expects staff to accept effective slavery, there should be no surprise when nobody shows up for their shift.

    We've all been in positions where we did not get paid in a timely fashion.

    WTH? No, we absolutely haven't. What kind of person is willing to work for no compensation because "oops, we can't pay you", in hopes that the employer will eventually come up with some money to pay them? We're not slaves.

    The difference is that the TSA agents know with absolute certainty that they will receive their pay in full, eventually.

    So you're saying that the government shutdown is just more theatre? What's the point bothering with the shutdown, then?

    A lot of those people don't have the necessary savings to last through their employer withholding pay. When the whiny turd at the top is telling everyone that he's prepared to maintain the shutdown for months or years, only an idiot wouldn't seek employment elsewhere.

  • (Score: 2) by Oakenshield on Monday January 07 2019, @09:51PM

    by Oakenshield (4900) on Monday January 07 2019, @09:51PM (#783396)

    We've all been in positions where we did not get paid in a timely fashion.

    WTH? No, we absolutely haven't. What kind of person is willing to work for no compensation because "oops, we can't pay you", in hopes that the employer will eventually come up with some money to pay them? We're not slaves.

    You've been a very lucky guy then. My mother got screwed out of her last paycheck at one employer when the S&L crisis of the 80s caused the bank that her employer used to shut their doors. She had a paper paycheck that nobody would cash. The business ended up closed and bankrupt because they couldn't get access to their money and pay creditors while waiting months for the regulators to sort through the mess. I've had friends miss out on timely pay. I myself had my employer at the time miss payroll due to a clerical problem and the direct deposit was delayed by two days. It wasn't an issue for me, but I had colleagues and friends that were sweating. They had written checks they couldn't cover and already mailed them. I carried enough balance to pay my mortgage and bills on time, so I was safe. This was a state agency too.