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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 Tuesday January 08 2019, @02:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 08 2019, @02:41AM (#783531)

    Everybody I know is aware of this. Did you just find this out or something?

    So then why is it presented as a "working class" problem? Paraphrasing "The government shutdown is bad (for us) because people wont get their tax refunds" was the first thing quoted.

    In what way does the ICFI calling for independent rank-and-file committees in opposition to the unions, which are controlled by the wealthy industrialists/bankers, remind you of this?

    It doesn't, that one sounds great. It would probably also work out better while the government is "shut down".