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.
No pay, no work. I’m not sure why it’s complicated, especially given there’s no guarantee that the backpay will be given. No matter whether it’s government or a pop up shady tradesperson company. “I work you pay me” is the distillation of the employer-employee relationship.
While I don’t much care for TSA or anything homeland security in the US, civil service jobs are a bit different in my eyes.
A lot of people as I understand it work for the state in an effort to keep their communities functioning, so their oaths mean more than just a paycheck but that loyalty still has it’s limits when you can’t eat and have bills to pay.
working for free isnt part of the deal.
We call those people stupid.
No money, no work.
Because they will get back pay for the work they have done till now and the job market is terrible so “knowing” you’ll eventually be paid at the end of the line is better than trying to look for a new job that will almost certainly pay less and be more laborious is a hard ask.
rent, and food, mortgage cost doesnt stop with a shutdown thats why people are quitting.
I don’t think we are in anyway disagreeing. I was just explaining why some might choose to stay even when there is currently no pay coming in.