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.
I’m honestly surprised the number is that low. If I wasn’t getting paid, I’d be looking for another job immediately.
Ditto. I need a steady paycheck. No one should put up with an employer who refuses to pay earned pay.
I am honestly still surprised that after decades upon decades of doing this, Trump still manages to get away with refusing to pay workers what they are owed. Somehow people just forget that or don’t think he won’t pay them.
In some cases there are some people who are wising up to him. The Kurds, for example, remember the sudden betrayal and withdrawal that Trump did in his first term and made it clear that they refuse to fight Iran or participate in his campaign in any way.
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.
on the subreddit theres a whole latter chatter about tsa and dare i say it ICE people not getting paid.
I quit one of my many jobs because i didnt receive payment for one single day xd
i heard blue states specifically pays them even with the shutdown? maybe it skewing the numbers. and trump has sicced ICE on mostly blue area airports right now.
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.
We’re talking about people who aren’t capable of getting real jobs. That’s why they are TSA goons.
what an insane thing to say. the job market in the usa is genuinely hell. people with degrees, experience, and skills still do not get jobs even after trying for sometimes years.
Minimum wage jobs are definitely available to those people, it’s just that such a low wage is literally not worth their time, and certainly won’t cover their student loans.