As airport delays persist, travelers and TSA workers call for end to shutdown:

Delays at major U.S. airports across the country persist as Transportation Security Administration officers continue to work without pay and call-outs mount as the partial government shutdown drags on. “I think it’s ridiculous they need to open the government back up, it’s time,” Colin McDonald, a traveler at Philadelphia International Airport, said. Travelers and TSA … Read more

Long airport security lines worsening, as TSA officers continue working without pay

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Over a third of TSA officers call out at 3 major U.S. airports in single day as ‌funding standoff continues

More than 40% of TSA officers called out of work on Tuesday at an airport in Houston – one of three major airports in the U.S. where over a third of workers called out that day. The workers aren’t getting paid, leading to a spike in call-out rates, as a partial government shutdown over a … Read more

Gift cards and donations: Homeland Security standoff has TSA workers seeking relief

Before the longest government shutdown in U.S. history last fall, Susan, who will reach her 10th anniversary as a TSA employee next month, had finally paid off all of her debts – a feat for the single mother of a teenage son. But after that shutdown, and then the one after that, and now this … Read more