Air travelers face another busy weekend as uncertainty looms over TSA workers' pay
A particularly busy spring break travel weekend is underway, and travelers are enduring more long lines at some airports nationwide even as the Department of Homeland Security has said Transportation Security Administration workers should begin receiving paychecks on Monday after weeks of a partial government shutdown.
President Donald Trump issued a promised memo Friday calling for TSA workers to be paid immediately, but union officials say there is confusion about how the move will roll out. “I think one of the questions from the workforce is, ‘Well, is this temporary, or is TSA fully funded now?’” said Johnny Jones, secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Government Employees’ TSA Council 100.
The DHS shutdown has led to nearly 500 TSA employees quitting and thousands more calling out of work as many struggle to afford gas, child care, food and housing, the agency said. TSA agents have been making dire sacrifices to offset the financial impacts of not being paid over the last several weeks.
As government employees continue to wait on back pay, AFGE National President Everett Kelley said in a statement Saturday he has “never been more disgusted by the failure of elected leadership” in his life.
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