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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMoney - TSA Workers Are Now Quitting Because of the Government Shutdown, Union Says
If you wondered why federal employees are not just starting to quit and get new jobs, rather than be at the whims of Trump, the answer is some are getting sick of it. Plus, even after this shutdown is ended, what is to keep Trump from throwing another fit the next time Limbaugh and Coulter are mean to him?
http://time.com/money/5497945/tsa-employees-resigning-government-shutdown/
Some Transportation Security Administration employees are quitting their jobs as the partial government shutdown continues through its third week, leaving more than 800,000 federal employees without a paycheck.
The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest union of federal employees, representing about 44,000 TSA workers, says some TSA employees have resigned, and others are considering quitting after working one of the busiest air travel periods of the year without pay.
Every day Im getting calls from my members about their extreme financial hardship and need for a paycheck, said Hydrick Thomas, the unions TSA Council president, in a statement. Some of them have already quit and many are considering quitting the federal workforce because of the shutdown.
Its unclear exactly how many TSA employees have left their jobs since the partial shutdown began on Dec. 22. But a number of workers have described the financial burden the shutdown has thrust upon them as many depend on each paycheck to make ends meet. TSA employees are some of the lowest paid federal workers, and, in interviews with MONEY last week, current employees said they are delaying car and insurance payments, and worried about paying rent and childcare during this shutdown. Employees also said morale among co-workers has hit a new low.
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Money - TSA Workers Are Now Quitting Because of the Government Shutdown, Union Says (Original Post)
TomCADem
Jan 2019
OP
romainetarra
(51 posts)1. Completely ignorant of the country
Trump is completely ignorant when it comes to the country. These people can't live without a job and this shutdown is going to destroy their savings and lives for months to years.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)2. They might as well quit now
Trump/Fox and Coltergeist will rule by Govt shutdown from now till the 2020 election.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)3. Oh my,Trump sent out a memo Saturday
threatening TSA with a reprisal if they speak Ill of his Shut down.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)4. ...