TSA employees have been working without pay during a partial shutdown of DHS over demands to reform immigration enforcement.
More than 400 Transportation Security Administration workers have quit since a partial government shutdown that began on Feb. 14 left them working without pay, the Department of Homeland Security said.
Funding was shut off to DHS over demands by Democrats for reforms at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection following alleged abuses and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis earlier this year.
There has also been a national callout rate of 10% at TSA on more than half the days of the last week, Lauren Bis, acting assistant secretary for public affairs at DHS, said Saturday in response to questions.
What a poorly worded article by NBC yet again. They refuse to state the truth because trump will sick his group of criminals on them, we don’t have free press anymore.
Also, who would want to work for a broke employer anyway? We are $39 TRILLION in debt thanks mostly to Donald Trump raising it $1 trillion every 4 months.
I’m honestly surprised the number is that low. If I wasn’t getting paid, I’d be looking for another job immediately.
Look at the jobs report and you’ll see why they’d rather tough it out/haven’t been hired anywhere else in all this time.
A lot of banks have been giving 0% loans to those affected, so the situation isn’t really as dire as media is making it out to be. This happens pretty regularly now during shutdowns.
I really don’t understand why any of them are showing up for work at all.
Working this hated job and hoping to maybe get paid is fucked up on so many levels.
Fuck, I wouldn’t work without pay either. Hell, even slaves got fed at least. And its fucking sad to think of it that way, but it’s the truth.
I don’t know about you, but I am so fucking sick of winning.
Some people depend on their paychecks to live/exist
Good. We really don’t need any security theater anyway
Unfortunately you continue to get security theater, but with an exponential increase in racism.
We’re great now, right?
Don’t worry everyone ICE will get things done and back in order…oh shit…
Republicans are playing a waiting game. They know the media will soon start blaming Democrats, and public opinion will follow.
Good for them.
