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TSA workers miss a full paycheck, while travelers keep paying airport security fees

NPR Topics: News·@JoelRose·7 months ago
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Joel Rose Travelers and staff walk through Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Friday. U.S. Transportation Security Administration security officers missed their first full paycheck Friday as a partial funding shutdown of the government approached the one-month mark. Annabelle Gordon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption Millions of spring break travelers are heading to the airport this month, and Johnny Jones was hoping to be one of them. But the ongoing shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security forced his family to cancel its vacation plans. "I won't be traveling anywhere, but I'll be helping out getting people to where they're going," said Jones, a TSA security officer at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. He also serves as the Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Government Employees Council 100, which represents about 45,000 TSA officers nationwide.…

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