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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, @08:14PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @08:14PM (#783347)

    While I agree that Trump has a terrible history of (illegally) not paying people for services rendered, I have a hard time believing that people will not eventually get paid. Even those on furlough. Remember that any deal to reopen the government must go through Congress as well. Congresscritters must eventually face angry constituents. Yes, even those who are federal employees who are on furlough.